|
Photographer: Thomas Givnish
|
Family Polygonaceae
Persicaria amphibia (L.) S.F.Gray
water heart's-ease, water smartweed
Persicaria: peach-like, the medieval name for knotweed
amphibia: amphibious, suited for or adapted to growing on land or in the water
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, terrestrial or floating, perennial, aquatic forb 1'-5' tall; stems branched with usually several major stems flowering; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | pink to red, 5-parted, 3/16" long, cup-shaped, petals and petal-like sepals bluntly rounded at the tip and connected at the base; inflorescence 3/4"-6" solitary or paired, spike-like, terminal clusters 1/3"-3/4" thick on a stalk jointed at the top; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | shiny, dark, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, base not jointed, up to 2 1/3" wide |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, shallows, water < 7' deep; in sediment soil |
| (Glossary) |
|
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Arthur Meeks&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Matthew L. Wagner&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Paul Skawinski&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Paul Skawinski&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Robert Bierman&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Robert Bierman&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=PERAMP)
 S.F.Gray&phog=Dennis W. Woodland&spcode=PERAMP)
