Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria virginiana
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Jumpseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Persicaria virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Studies of the southeastern United States flora (Horton, 1972)
Antenoron virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-03-001:
Tovara virginiana FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tovara virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Jumpseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_povi2_007_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tovi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1703
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Terry Gentry tmg_p4020057
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves usually marked with a purplish/blackish, inverted "V" towards base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110522_657
May Greenville County SC
Firefly Forest
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JK Marlow jkm110522_697
May Greenville County SC
Firefly Forest
Leaves tapering to acuminate apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_490
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
The base of the leaf stalk forms a short sheath (ocrea) around the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_497
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Ocrea 10-20mm, margins truncate, surface strigose to tomentose, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
ocreae of Jumpseed and Smartweed species
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JK Marlow jkm140614_862
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm090711_023
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Juvenile leaves often have a purplish-brown chevron, but mature leaves are entirely green, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_17
August Oconee County SC
Flowers strung out along a slender terminal spike up to 18" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_676
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_681
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
4 tepals ~ 0.1" long, with base of each flower or its stalk in a sheath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150808_652
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Tension in pedicel articulation is sufficient to throw mature achenes 3-4m, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2848
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2851
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Persicaria virginiana
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum virginianum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Persicaria virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Studies of the southeastern United States flora (Horton, 1972)
Antenoron virginianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-03-001:
Tovara virginiana
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tovara virginiana
1518
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: floodplains, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
rarely pinkish
Irregularly 4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence spikelike, interrupted
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p130
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p208
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p293
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p061
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p084
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p032
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