Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Persicaria hirsuta
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hirsutum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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 (6/30/18):
Persicaria hirsuta
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum hirsutum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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
4325
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA & SC Coastal Plain, rare in NC, endemic
Look for it in pondcypress savannas, depression ponds in pinelands, 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
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink to whitish
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted proximally, usually uninterrupted distally
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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