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Persicaria maculosa is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family that grows as an annual herb. It matters because it is found in many parts of the world and can be significant in agricultural and ecological contexts.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium
Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 361. 1753; Persicaria fusiformis (Greene) Greene; P. vulgaris Webb & Moquin-Tandon; Polygonum fusiforme Greene; P. persicaria var. ruderale (Salisbury) Meisner; P. puritanorum Fernald
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Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region in 1843 and has now spread through most of the continent.
Inflorescence The ochrea: stipules fused around the stem