Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Persicaria punctata
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-015:
Polygonum punctatum FAMILY Polygonaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. punctata
COMMON NAME:
Dotted Smartweed
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JK Marlow jkm131020_900
October Spartanburg County SC
Ocrea brown, cylindric, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
JK Marlow jkm131020_907
October Spartanburg County SC
Flowers white or green, borne in erect, interrupted racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm131020_921
October Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blade without dark blotch, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate or subrhombic, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria punctata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Persicaria punctata
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-015:
Polygonum punctatum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria punctata var. punctata