PLANTS Profile for Polygonum punctatum var. punctatum (dotted smartweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum
dotted smartweed

Symbol:

POPUP4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

Persicaria punctata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 670. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

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Synonyms:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

	PEPU18	Persicaria punctata (Elliot) Small
	PEPUE	Persicaria punctata (Elliot) Small var. eciliata Small
	POAC9	Polygonum acre Kunth
	POPUA	Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. aquatile (Mart.) Fernald
	POPUE	Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. ellipticum Fassett
	POPUP	Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. parviflorum Fassett

Distribution:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum, 2 varieties in Polygonum punctatum Elliot

Classification:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species	Polygonum punctatum Elliot – dotted smartweed
Variety	Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum – dotted smartweed

Introduced Information:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

Polygonum punctatum:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum punctatum Elliot var. punctatum

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529787.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 06:27 AM MDT