Persicaria coccinea (Muhlenberg) Greene

Persicaria coccinea (Muhlenberg) Greene is an accepted species name sensu Ballestas et al., 2024.

Vernacular names

• renouée émergée Darbyshire et al., 2000

• long-root smartweed Wisconsin Flora
• swamp knotweed Anions
• swamp smartweed Klinkenberg, 2010+

Synonyms

• Persicaria amphibia var. emersa (Michaux) J.C. Hickman FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Persicaria coccinea subsp. pratincola (Greene) Á. Löve & D. Löve TROPICOS
• Persicaria muhlenbergii (Meisner) Small FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Persicaria pratincola Greene TROPICOS
• Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michaux FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum coccineum Muhlenberg FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum coccineum Muhlenberg var. coccineum TROPICOS
• Polygonum coccineum var. pratincola (Greene) Stanford FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum coccineum var. terrestre Willdenow ex Link TROPICOS
• Polygonum emersum (Michaux) Britton FNA Ed. Comm., 2005
• Polygonum muhlenbergii (Meisner) S. Watson TROPICOS
• Polygonum pratincolum (Greene) Fedde IPNI

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. Amphibia
Species	Persicaria coccinea

Habit

Herb