Genus: Persicaria — smartweed
Reference: Hinds and Freeman (2005).
Family
Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
This genus’s species in New England
- Persicaria amphibia
- Persicaria arifolia
- Persicaria careyi
- Persicaria chinensis
- Persicaria coccinea
- Persicaria hydropiper
- Persicaria hydropiperoides
- Persicaria lapathifolia
- Persicaria longiseta
- Persicaria maculosa
- Persicaria minor
- Persicaria nepalensis
- Persicaria orientalis
- Persicaria pensylvanica
- Persicaria perfoliata
- Persicaria punctata
- Persicaria puritanorum
- Persicaria robustior
- Persicaria sagittata
- Persicaria setacea
- Persicaria virginiana
- Persicaria wallichii
Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

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