Persicaria maculosa

Persicaria maculosa
Growing in the Farmington Bay area, Utah

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. maculosa
Binomial name
Persicaria maculosa
Synonyms[3]
Synonymy
  • Persicaria mitis Delarbre
  • Persicaria persicaria (L.) Small
  • Persicaria ruderalis C.F.Reed
  • Peutalis persicaria (L.) Raf.
  • Polygonon persicarium (L.) St.-Lag.
  • Polygonum persicaria L.
  • Polygonum ruderale Salisb.

Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb,[4] spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank.[5][6] It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan.[7][8] It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region in 1843 and has now spread through most of the continent.[9][2][10]

Inflorescence
The ochrea: stipules fused around the stem
  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2013). "Persicaria maculosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T175559A1423029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T175559A1423029.en. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NatureServe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Persicaria maculosa Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botantical Gardens. n.d. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Polygonum persicaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  5. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. ^ "Persicaria maculosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  7. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Persicaria maculosa Gray includes photos and European distribution map
  8. ^ Flora of China, Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus, 1753. liao
  9. ^ "List of invasive species in the Great Lakes Great Lakes United / Union Saint-Laurent Grands Lacs". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  10. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map

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