OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Persicaria hirsuta   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hirsutum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Persicaria hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-011:

Polygonum hirsutum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Persicaria hirsuta

 

COMMON NAME:
 Hairy Smartweed

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Persicaria hirsuta   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hirsutum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
 Persicaria hirsuta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-011:
 Polygonum hirsutum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Persicaria hirsuta

 

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4325

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pondcypress savannas, depression ponds in pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink to whitish
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted proximally, usually uninterrupted distally

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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