Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Spotted Lady's-thumb at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria maculosa
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum persicaria
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-014:
Polygonum persicaria
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Persicaria persicaria
COMMON NAME:
Spotted Lady's-thumb, Heart's-ease
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepe18_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pope3_003_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_p_maculosa_73082
March Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_p_maculosa_73089
March Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_p_maculosa_73102
March Miami-Dade County FL
Spikes of flowers upright, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_maculosa_73130
March Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4293
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4296
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4298
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4298b
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Bristles of ocreae 0.2-1.3 (-2) mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
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Dan Tenaglia, Missouriplants.com, Bugwood.org bug_5350077
Month Unknown
Leaves have a purplish triangle in the middle, like a thumbprint, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Dan Tenaglia, Missouriplants.com, Bugwood.org bug_5350078
Month Unknown
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5387577
Month Unknown
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5387579
Month Unknown
Leaves often with a triangular reddish blotch in middle of the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5387580
Month Unknown
Similar to P. longiseta, but bristles on the leaf node collars only 2mm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5459834
Month Unknown
Achenes biconvex or triangular in cross-section, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5459835
Month Unknown
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5459836
Month Unknown