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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Polygonaceae
Persicaria careyi (Olney) Greene
Carey's heart's-ease, Carey's smartweed
Persicaria: peach-like, the medieval name for knotweed
careyi: for John Carey
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, up to 4' tall, branched forb, stems with glandular hair; top of nodes bristly; taprooted |
| Flower: | pink to rose, 5-parted, 1/8" long, stalk jointed at the top, petals and petal-like sepals connected at the base; inflorescence 1"-2 1/3" loose, cylindrical, spike-like, sometimes drooping clusters |
| Fruit: | black, oval, smooth, shiny, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate; mainly along the stem; lance-like and mostly less than 1 1/3" wide |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; fields, roadsides, meadows |
| Notes: | similar to P. longiseta with stems not glandular |
| (Glossary) |
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