Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria amphibia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water Smartweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum amphibium +
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-006:
Polygonum coccineum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Persicaria muhlenbergii
COMMON NAME:
Water Smartweed, Scarlet Smartweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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August St. Louis County MN
Its adaptations to differing water conditions make it quite variable, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria amphibia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum amphibium +
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-006:
Polygonum coccineum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Persicaria muhlenbergii
3188
Aquatic with submersed or floating leaves, or terrestrial; Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare
Look for it in marshes, wet disturbed areas, 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, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Deep pink/ Red
Bisexual, or often functionally unisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence spikelike, uninterrupted or interrupted proximally
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Light brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p082
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p033