Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria setacea
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bog Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum setaceum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum setaceum +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-017:
Polygonum setaceum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Smartweed, Bog Smartweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pese15_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pose6_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140724_076b
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Racemes densely flowered. Calyx greenish to pinkish or whitish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140724_079
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130824_583
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves lacking a triangular reddish blotch. Blades cuneate to truncate at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2789
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Nutlets black, lustrous, trigonous [three-angled], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2792
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Ocreae densely strigose, 1-1.5cm long, cilia 6-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Persicaria setacea
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum setaceum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum setaceum +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-017:
Polygonum setaceum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
2240
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/Pinkish/Whitish
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, uninterrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p207
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p004
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p034
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p248