Persicaria punctata
(Dotted Smartweed)
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Facts About this Plant:
- Common Names: Dotted Smartweed, Water Smartweed
- Synonyms: Polygonum acre, Polygonum punctatum
- Lifespan: Annual
- Zones: N/A
- Type: Forb
- Bloom Time: July - September
- Status: Native
Persicaria punctata, or Dotted Smartweed, is native to just about the entire continental US. It is an annual or short-lived perennial that grows in moist areas like ditches, moist prairies and meadows, thickets, bogs, fens, floodplains, moist woods and shores. It blooms in mid summer with small white flowers.
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