Persicaria lapathifolia

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POLYGONACEAE
Species:Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre
Common Name:Pale Smartweed; Dock Leaf Smartweed; Willow Weed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PELA22
Plant Notes:Pale Smartweed is a native annual wildflower in the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). It is found throughout Alabama in wet ditches, marshes, pond edges, and on floodplains. Pale Smartweed grows from two to four feet in height. The leaves are alternate and entire. The ocrea (the stipules fused into a sheath than surrounds the stem) is brown and lacks bristles along its free edge. The inflorescence is pale pink or white and nodding. Pale Smartweed can sometimes become weedy in disturbed areas. Pale Smartweed is the larval food plant for Gray Hairstreak Butterflies (Strymon melinus), and the seed are an important food source for waterfowl. --A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPOLYGONACEAE - Buckwheat family
Genus Persicaria
Species Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre - Pale Smartweed; Dock Leaf Smartweed; Willow Weed

Citation

Citation Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne ed. 2: 519. 1800.
Basionym: Polygonum lapathifolium L. 1753.
Type: Without data, Herb. Clifford 42(Persicaria 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Timson, Watsonia 5: 394. 1963.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Persicaria incarnata    
Persicaria tomentosa    
Polygonum incanum    
Polygonum lapathifolium ssp. pallidum    
Polygonum lapathifolium var. incanum    
Polygonum lapathifolium var. nodosum    
Polygonum lapathifolium var. ovatum    
Polygonum lapathifolium var. prostratum    
Polygonum lapathifolium var. salicifolium    
Polygonum nodosum    
Polygonum oneillii Polygonum oneillii Brenckle, Phytologia 2: 405. 1948.   
Polygonum pensylvanicum ssp. oneillii    
Polygonum scabrum Polygonum scabrum Moench, Methodus 629. 1794.   
Polygonum tomentosum Schrank  
Polygonum incarnatum    
Polygonum lapathifolium POLYGONUM LAPATHIFOLIUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 360. 1753.   

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Cleburne, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000013037 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7841		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
TROY000007975 Pike 06 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16860		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
TROY000038157 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1225		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_55944 Pike 24 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9980		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0014130 Geneva 25 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24482		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UNA00063008 Fayette 12 Jul 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11989		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
UWAL0005887 Jefferson 26 Sep 2006 Davenport, L.J.
3593		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000007970 Crenshaw 09 Jul 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11814		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0030715 Montgomery 24 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26856		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) SF Gray
AUA_ACC_64473 Randolph 21 Sep 1986 Nixon, C.F.
3147		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000034323 Montgomery 28 Aug 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22451		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_67387 Cherokee 2 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12806		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0015981 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1225		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000048379 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1296		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0051863 Madison 04 Oct 2020 England, J. Kevin
11309		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray
AUA_ACC_57363 Conecuh 28 Sep 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10553		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139211 Jackson 26 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1890		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
SAMF0003580 Lawrence 04 Oct 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4910		 SAMF
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S. F. Gray
UWAL0038570 Baldwin 15 Jun 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7841		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000007971 Fayette 12 Jul 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11989		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_61027 Choctaw 26 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1185		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139218 Talladega 27 Oct 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3344		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
JSU139215 Marshall 14 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2649		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0016006 Pike 10 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24519		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0037983 Mobile 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7328.1		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0047322 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
380		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
JSU139214 Marshall 30 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2762		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_52749 Pike 30 Aug 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6311		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139213 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_40102 Barbour 25 Aug 1982 Godwin, James C.
009		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UNA00034016 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6972		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA000037563 Lee 21 Sep 2018 Schotz, Alfred
CSP-582		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UNA00034134 Tuscaloosa 04 Sep 1979 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1573		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
USAM000013040 Mobile 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7328.2		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
UNA00034021 Dallas 02 Oct 1977 Harvey, Denise
288		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA_ACC_71128 Lauderdale 21 Sep 2010 Holt, Brian D.
SC-348A		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000007969 Crenshaw 09 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1649		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0010675 Montgomery 28 Aug 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22451		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_41122 Wilcox 13 Aug 1984 Adams, Thurston
 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0050416 Bullock 17 May 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
282		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0049448 Blount 05 Oct 2015 Anderson, Kelly
945		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray
TROY000034909 Bibb 22 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69547		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_61825 Choctaw 13 Sep 1995 Crouch, Virginia E.
1492B		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139219 Talladega 27 Oct 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3344		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
JSU139210 Etowah 06 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2980		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA000041265 Covington 25 Oct 2013 Hansen, Curtis J.
5850		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0011238 Houston 02 May 2007 Kral, Robert
97928		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000047817 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1401		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S. F. Gray
AUA_ACC_34573 Lee 26 Jun 1970 Rogers, Norman
057		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139209 Etowah 04 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4346		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_65329 Jefferson 29 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15841		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139212 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
USAM000013042 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6972		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
UNA00034011 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6956		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA_ACC_5792 Wilcox 27 Jul 1958 Matschke, George
 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU144051 Calhoun 11 Sep 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
933		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
JSU139216 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9198		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
SAMF0001910 Lauderdale 17 Nov 2009 Holt, Brian D.
SC-348		 SAMF
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S. F. Gray
UWAL0044459 Baldwin 26 Oct 2006 Larsen, Harry S.
1580		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre
UWAL0046336 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1296		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
TROY000042009 Houston 04 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26416		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_23835 Lee 8 Aug 1971 Kirkland, D.L.
244		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UNA00034006 Elmore 30 Aug 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
1179		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA_ACC_40195 Barbour 25 Aug 1982 Godwin, James C.
43		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
ALNHS00001881 Lauderdale 17 Nov 2009 Holt, Brian D.
SC-348		 ALNHS
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0006259 Bibb 22 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69547		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UNA00034124 Mobile 16 Oct 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
USAM000013039 Greene 07 Jun 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9832		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
UNA00034129 Mobile _ Aug 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA_ACC_46128 Wilcox 28 Jun 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1057		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000022799 Jefferson 29 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15841		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
TROY000029134 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12806		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_64402 Crenshaw 9 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1649		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
USAM000013041 Mobile 23 Sep 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
4735		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
UWAL0009598 Marengo 10 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1397		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
TROY000035745 Marengo 10 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1397		 TROY
Polygonum lapathifolia Linnaeus
UWAL0019190 Chilton 07 Jul 1990 Kral, Robert
77885		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000033854 Butler 17 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22540		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0034784 Conecuh 18 Sep 1993 Kral, Robert
83305		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0032155 Houston 04 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26416		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
TROY000007972 Lee 13 Aug 1978 Kral, Robert
62504		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_41866 Macon 2 Nov 1973 Sutherland, M.
180		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
USAM000013038 Baldwin 15 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11376		 USAM
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus
JSU139217 St. Clair 09 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13703		 JSU
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UNA00054534 Blount 12 Sep 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1611		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
TROY000039020 Pike 10 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24519		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWFP015082 Escambia 07 Aug 2004 James R. Burkhalter
19969		 UWFP
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UNA00034001 Limestone 08 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
976		 UNA
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
AUA_ACC_28431 Cleburne 12 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1805		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
ALNHS00001655 Lauderdale 21 Sep 2010 Holt, Brian D.
SC-348a		 ALNHS
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0005886 Cherokee 02 Nov 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12806		 UWAL
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000007973 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18281		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
AUA_ACC_64472 Randolph 21 Sep 1986 Nixon, C.F.
3147		 AUA
Persicaria Lapathifolia (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000022682 Barbour 17 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19557		 TROY
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
SAMF0003581 Jefferson 26 Sep 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3593		 SAMF
Persicaria lapathifolia (Linnaeus) S. F. Gray
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