Persicaria pensylvanica

Persicaria pensylvanica (Linnaeus) M. Gómez de la Maza is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2005.

Vernacular names

• renouée de Pennsylvanie Darbyshire et al., 2000

• Pennsylvania smartweed FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Pennsylvania knotweed Anions
• pink knotweed Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2005
• pinkweed Hinds, 2000

Synonyms

• Persicaria pensylvanica var. dura (Stanford) C.F. Reed FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Persicaria pensylvanica var. laevigata (Fernald) W.C. Ferguson IPNI
• Polygonum omissum Greene FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum Linnaeus FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum var. durum Stanford FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum var. eglandulosum Myers FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum var. laevigatum Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum var. nesophilum Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum pensylvanicum var. rosiflorum Norton FNA Ed. Comm., 2005

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Caryophyllanae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Polygonaceae
Subfamily	Polygonoideae
Tribe	Persicarieae
Genus	Persicaria
Section	Persicaria sect. Persicaria
Species	Persicaria pensylvanica

Habit

Herb