Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Polygonum persicaria L.


POLYGONACEAE Family selection - Buckwheat family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Polygonum persicaria L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 361 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Spotted ladysthumb
en English name: lady's-thumb
English name: redshank
French name: renouée persicaire
Italian name: Poligono persicaria

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Persicaria maculata (Raf.) Gray
= Persicaria maculosa Gray
= Persicaria persicaria (L.) Small
= Persicaria ruderalis (Salisb.) C.F. Reed
= Persicaria ruderalis (Salisb.) C.F. Reed var. vulgaris (Webb & Moq.) C.F. Reed
= Persicaria vulgaris Webb & Moq.
= Polygonum dubium Stein
= Polygonum fusiforme Greene
= Polygonum minus auct. non Huds.
= Polygonum minus Huds. var. subcontinuum (Meisn.) Fernald
= Polygonum persicaria L. var. angustifolium Beckh.
= Polygonum persicaria L. var. ruderale (Salisb.) Meisn.
= Polygonum puritanorum Fernald


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Polygonum persicaria L. var. angustifolium Beckh.
2) Polygonum persicaria L. var. ruderale (Salisb.) Meisn.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:


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Gallery:

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Polygonum persicaria
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. - Not copyrighted image

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Polygonum persicaria

Polygonum persicaria
Polygonum persicaria
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 668.

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Polygonum persicaria
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

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Polygonum persicaria

Polygonum persicaria
Polygonum persicaria
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

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Polygonum persicaria
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Polygonum persicaria
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

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Polygonum persicaria

Polygonum persicaria
Polygonum persicaria
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Polygonum persicaria
Polygonum persicaria
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Polygonum persicaria L. var. angustifolium Beckh. [169]
2) Polygonum persicaria L. var. ruderale (Salisb.) Meisn. [208]
3) Polygonum plebeium R. Br. [327]
4) Polygonum polystachyum Wall. ex Meisn. [358]
5) Polygonum prolificum (Small) B.L. Rob. [91]
6) Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. aquatile (Mart.) Fernald [148]
7) Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. parviflorum Fassett [137]
8) Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. var. prolificum Small [291]
9) Polygonum scandens L. [699]
10) Polygonum striatulum B.L. Rob. [294]

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