Polygonum punctatum
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database |
| Botanical name: | Polygonum punctatum |
| Common name: | dotted smartweed |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 3' |
| Foliage: | alternate, lanceolate to elliptic |
| Flower: | white, in slender racemes |
| Flowering time: | bloom mid July to October, most in September; fruits a 3 angled achene in early September to November |
| Habitat: | wet, open ground or shallow water of swamps, marshes, alluvial woods |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide outside the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |