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water smartweed
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria amphibia
water smartweed Smartweed-Buckwheat Family
Persicaria amphibia Polygonaceae
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common names
  water smartweed
  water knotweed
  amphibious bistort
accepted scientific name
  •Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre
rules for finding collection records
  Persicaria amphibia (10868)
  Polygonum amphibium (5005)
  Polygonum coccineum (922)
  Polygonum muhlenbergii (87)
  Polygonum natans (231)
  Persicaria coccinea (416)
family name
  • Polygonaceae
Image Author: ©2010 Dan And Raymond "Native Orchids"
Image License: CC BY-NC-SA
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Category: Wildflowers, Aquatic Plants
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is 0.15 to 0.25 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed 3rd week of March thru 1st week of November

How Likely at this Location (100%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (63%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Aquatic
Wetland
Meadow
Grassland
Disturbed
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present

Possibly not native in Louisiana and Mississippi.