Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Persicaria filiformis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Sold under various cultivar names ("Bat Wings", "Lance Corporal", "Painter's Palette"), and often misrepresented as the native Persicaria virginiana, per Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH New names in Persicaria virginiana (Shaw, 2008)
Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Jumpseed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Persicaria filiformis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Persicaria filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New names in Persicaria virginiana (Shaw, 2008)
Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis
4533
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, escaping from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Red
rarely white
Irregularly 4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Nutlet
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