| Accepted name: |
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum punctatum Elliott var. confertiflorum (Meisner) Fassett
-Polygonum punctatum Elliott var. parvum Vict.& Rousseau
-Polygonum acre H.B.K. var. leptostachyum Meissn.
-Polygonum punctatum Elliott var. leptostachyum (Meissn.) Small
-Polygonum acre Kunth
-Polygonum punctatum Elliott var. punctatum
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| English names: |
Water Smartweed
Dotted Smartweed
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| French names: |
Renouée ponctuée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPERPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
AP |
| 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: |
Compound decoction of leaves and flowers taken for stomach pain(*25)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
