Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Persicaria hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marshpepper Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria hydropiper
COMMON NAME:
Marshpepper Smartweed, Waterpepper
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pehy6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pohy_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Persicaria hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-012:
Polygonum hydropiper
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Persicaria hydropiper
4324
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mtns & throughout NC & northward, rare in GA & SC Piedmont
Look for it in wet pastures, barnyards, ditches, 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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish
with narrow pink or white, hyaline margins near apex
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted or uninterrupted distally
FRUIT:
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!