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Persicaria arifolia

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Haraldson

Common Names

• Halberd-leaved Tear-thumb

Geographical Habitats

• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec - Canada
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Colombia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Marshes
• swamps
• wet meadows

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (USA)

Fruiting Times

Annual climbing or tangling prickly herb with grooved angled barbed stems. Mucronate leaves. Few-flowered racemes, pink or white flowers to 15mm, fruit an achene.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• USNH