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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Polygonaceae
Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.
jumpseed, woodland knotweed
Persicaria: peach-like, the medieval name for knotweed
virginiana: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 20"-40" tall forb; stems nodes hairy; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 4-parted, 1/8" long, petals and petal-like sepals; inflorescence 4"-16" very thin, spike-like, interrupted, terminal clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, oval seed with a hooked tip that "jumps" off the plant when touched |
| Leaf: | up to 6" long, broad, lance-like to oval with a sharp tip |
| Habitat: | shade to semi-shade; moist to wet; riverbanks, woods, cliffs, rocks |
| (Glossary) |
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