Dotted Smartweed
Scientific Name: Persicaria punctata
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Dotted Smartweed
| Genus species: | Persicaria punctata | |||||||||||
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| Synonym: | Polygonum punctatum | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Dotted Smartweed | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody vines; leaves alternate, simple, mostly entire, stipules typically united into an ocrea (a tubular, papery sheath); flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, in short axillary clusters or in various elongate inflorescences; fruit a trigonous or lenticular achene. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
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Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
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| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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