| Accepted name: |
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum scabrum Moench
-Polygonum pennsylvanicum L. ssp. oneillii (Brenckle) Hultén
-Polygonum tomentosum Schrank var. prostratum Winn.
-Polygonum incarnatum Elliott
-Polygonum tomentosum Schrank
-Polygonum nodosum Pers.
-Polygonum lapathifolium L.
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| English names: |
Pale Smartweed
Dock-leaved Knotweed
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| French names: |
Persicaire pâle
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERLA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cold infusion of plant used as ceremonial chant lotion(*19). Infusion of whole plant used for fever(*55). Decoction of root taken as an emetic and purgative(*39)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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