Term
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- Sheaths without bristles.
- Perennials with rhizomes or stolons.
- Sepals red or pink. Spikes conical to ovoid, usually less than 4cm long.
- Peduncles densly pubescent.
- Stipules without a flange.
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Definition
Polygonum amphibium
Water Smartweed/Water Knotweed
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Term
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- Sheaths with bristles.
- Annuals with fiberous roots or perenials with slender rhizomes.
- Spikes more than 2 per stem.
- Peduncles without stipitate glands.
- Sepals punctate or glandular dotted.
- Racemes mostly continuous.
- Sepals often with a pinkish or greenish tinge.
- Achenes dull.
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Definition
Persicaria hydropiper/Polygonum hydropiper
Water Pepper
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Term
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- Sheaths with bristles.
- Perenials with slender rhizomes.
- Spikes more than 2 per stem.
- Peduncles without stipitate glands.
- Sepals neither punctate nor glandular dotted
- Sepals rosy or pinkish.
- Racemes interrupted.
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Definition
Persicaria hydropiperoides/Polygonum hydropiperoides
Mild Water Pepper
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Term
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- Sheaths without bristles.
- Annuals with fiberous roots.
- None of the flowers with exerted stamens or styles.
- Spikes arching or pendulous.
- Achnes up to 2mm broad
- Sepals usually white.
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Definition
Persicaria lapathifolia/Polygonum lapathifolium
Curttop Lady's Thumb/Pale Smartweed
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Term
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- Sheaths without bristles.
- Annuals with fiberous roots.
- None of the flowers with exerted stamens or styles.
- Spikes not arching
- Achenes broader than 2mm
- Sepals pink.
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Definition
Persicaria pensylvanica/Polygonum pensylvanicum
Pinkweed
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Term
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- Sheaths with bristles.
- Annuals with fiberous roots.
- Spikes more than 2 per stem.
- Peduncles without stipitate glands.
- Sepals neither punctate nor glandular dotted.
- Racemes crowded.
- Flowers pink or pale pink.
- Racemes often more than 7mm thick.
- Leaves often with a dark blotch.
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Definition
Persicaria maculosa/Persicaria vulgaris/Polygonum persicaria
Lady's Thumb-print
FACW+ |
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Term
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- Sheaths with bristles.
- Annuals with fiberous roots or perenials with slender rhizomes.
- Spikes more than 2 per stem.
- Peduncles without stipitate glands. Sepals punctate or glandular dotted. Racemes usually interrupted; sepals white; achenes shiny.
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Definition
Persicaria punctata/Polygonum punctatum
Dotted Smartweed
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