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Persicaria salicifolia

Plants

Family: Polygonaceae · Genus: Persicaria

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Persicaria maculosa is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. 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.

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Growing details and traits for Persicaria salicifolia in the Library.

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