Native Plants
Polygonum punctatum
Polygonum punctatum Elliott
Dotted Smartweed
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)
USDA Symbol: POPU5USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Polygonum punctatum
Water Smartweed
Polygonaceae
Location: Mitchell Lake, Bird Pond.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; damp soil beside pond. Among Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
Description: Apparently perennial, 60 cm tall. Stems erect; branched (ascending) above, green. Nodes darker and swollen. Leaves lanceolate, petioled to 2x10 cm, gland dotted beneath, medium green above/beneath. Racemes terminal, about 4 cm long. Peduncles glandular.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 30, 1992
Specimen number: 433
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0645
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: [=Persicaria punctate]