water smartweed

(Persicaria amphibia)

Conservation Status
water smartweed
 
  IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Midwest

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

OBL - Obligate wetland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

Water smartweed may be floating on water (aquatic), rising out of standing water (emergent), or growing in periodically inundated or merely permanently moist areas (terrestrial).

The upper surface of the leaves are shiny.

The inflorescence is long and is interrupted near the base. The flowers are pink to red.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

12 to 60

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Pink to red

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Wet to moist. Meadows, pond edges, marshes.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

June to September

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
Use
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  8/15/2022      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common and widespread

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants) / Angiospermae (flowering plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Caryophyllanae  
 

Order

Caryophyllales (pinks, cactuses, and allies)  
 

Family

Polygonaceae (knotweed)  
  Subfamily Polygonoideae  
  Tribe Persicarieae  
  Subtribe Persicariinae  
 

Genus

Persicaria (knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

Most botanists recognize two North American varieties and one Eurasian variety. Others contend that the characters used to define the varieties, when including the Eurasian phenotype, form a continuous morphological gradation (cline), making recognition of the varieties untenable.

 
 

flanged smartweed (Persicaria amphibia var. stipulaceum)

longroot smartweed (Persicaria amphibia var. emersum)

water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia var. amphibia)

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Persicaria amphibia var. emersa

Persicaria amphibia var. stipulacea

Persicaria coccinea

Persicaria mesochora

Persicaria muehlenbergii

Persicaria muhlenbergii

Persicaria nebraskensis

Polygonum amphibium

Polygonum amphibium ssp. laevimarginatum

Polygonum amphibium var. coccineum

Polygonum amphibium var. emersum

Polygonum amphibium var. hartwrightii

Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum

Polygonum coccineum

Polygonum coccineum var. pratincola

Polygonum coccineum var. rigidulum

Polygonum coccineum var. terrestre

Polygonum fluitans

Polygonum hartwrightii

Polygonum inundatum

Polygonum muehlenbergii

Polygonum muehlenbergii var. terrestre

Polygonum muhlenbergii

Polygonum natans

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

water knotweed

water persicaria

water smartweed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Growing near a creek

 
    water smartweed      
 

Luciearl

 
 

… growing in wetland, edge of my pond

 
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
    water smartweed      
           
 
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Habitat

 
    water smartweed      
           
 

Plant

 
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
 

Inflorescence

 
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
    water smartweed      
           
 

Flowers

 
    water smartweed   water smartweed  
           
 

Leaves

 
    water smartweed   water smartweed  

 

Camera

     
 
Slideshows
 
  Polygonum amphibium stipulaceum WATER KNOTWEED
Frank Mayfield
 
  Polygonum amphibium stipulaceum WATER KNOTWEED  

 

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Other Videos
 
  Water Knotweed (Persicaria amphibia, synoniem: Polygonum amphibium) - 2012-08-04
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About

Published on Aug 7, 2012

Persicaria amphibia (syn. Polygonum amphibium) is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including water knotweed, water smartweed, and amphibious bistort.

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Veenwortel (Persicaria amphibia, synoniem: Polygonum amphibium) is een plant uit de duizendknoopfamilie (Polygonaceae).

   

 

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  KKM
9/10/2022

Location: Savage, MN

Growing near a creek

swamp smartweed  
  Luciearl
8/14/2022

Location: Lake Shore

… growing in wetland, edge of my pond

swamp smartweed  
           
 
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