Filed As:

Polygonaceae
Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.

All Determinations:

Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. det. D. E. Atha, 2016

Location:

United States of America. New York. New York Co. New York City. Central Park. Metropolitan Museum of Art, west of the Museum building; between 82nd and 83rd Streets and between 5th and 6th Avenues. Alt. 31 m. (102 ft.)

Collector(s):

D. E. Atha 15285 with Regina Alvarez and Rebecca Panko, 15 Sep 2015

Description:

Herb from perennial caudex; stems more or less erect; leaves green; flowers not strongly zygomorphic, the perianth tubular so inside base of hypanthium is not visible from above; tepals greenish white, the four very similar; anthers 5, white, four of them alternating with the tepals, the filament bases adnate to two adjacent tepals; fifth anther opposite the lower tepal and adnate to two glands; the gland opposite the upper tepal deltoid, the base about 1/3 as wide as the tepal; the two glands opposite each of the lateral tepals bench-like or low deltoid; two glands opposite the lower tepal, peg-like and adnate to the filament base. Phenology of specimen: Flower and Fruit.

Habitat:

Planted bed with wire fence.

Feature Notes:

Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02550101
GUID: 600a4146-7633-4966-94ce-8e004502c5cb

Map:

Coordinates: (40.7802, -73.9644)

Distribution:

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