Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Polygonum pensylvanicum L.
Pennsylvania Smartweed, Pink Smartweed
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)
USDA Symbol: POPE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Polygonaceae
Location: W side of Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In broad drain into Salado Creek; mud; full sun; among other palustrine plants.
Description: Erect annual to 1 m tall from taproot. Nodes cherry-red. Lead blades alternate, flat, to 1 x 15 cm, acute. Ocrea eciliate, membraneous, longer than wide. Peduncles stipitate-glandular. Racemes erect, terminal & lateral. Calyces pinkish. Petals none. Achenes lenticular, dark-brown.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24, 1994
Specimen number: 612
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0898
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCFXB (In flower & fruit) [=Persicaria pensylvanica]