| Accepted name: |
Persicaria maculosa S.F.Gray |
| Synonym(s): |
-Persicaria vulgaris P.Barker-Webb & A.Moquin-Tandon
-Persicaria persicaria (L.) Small
-Polygonum puritanorum Fern.
-Polygonum dubium Stein
-Polygonum persicaria L.
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| English names: |
Lady's-thumb
Redshank
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| French names: |
Renouàe persicaire
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERMA
(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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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Decoction mixed with meal and used as poultice for pain. Crushed leaves rubbed on poison ivy.Infusion taken for "gravel"(*7). Decoction of plant used as a foot and leg soak for rheumatism. Plant used for heart trouble. Plant rubbed over horses to keep flies away(*8)(3) |
| Key Characters: |
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