Persicaria pensylvanica
Persicaria pensylvanica Pennsylvania smartweed
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Habitat & Range
Common in fields, meadows, moist thickets and waste ground.
Present throughout the sate.
Wetland codes
EMP: | FACW |
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NCNE: | FACW |
Phenology
Flowers July to September.
Plant Codes
S-rank: No rank
G-rank: G5 (Secure)
Persicaria pensylvanica Pennsylvania smartweed
Synonyms: Polygonum pensylvanicum
Persicaria pensylvanica gallery
Plant Life-Form
annual forb
Common Names
Pennsylvania smartweed
pinkweed