| Accepted name: |
Persicaria pensylvanica (L.) Small |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum pensylvanicum L.
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| English names: |
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Pink Knotweed
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| French names: |
Renouée de Pennsylvanie
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERPE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of plant tops taken for epilepsy(*56). Infusion of leaf taken for "hemorrhage of blood from the mouth." Compound infusion of leaf taken to aid post-partum healing. Used for piles(*14)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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