Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Polygonaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual or perennial, glabrous or very nearly so; stem erect or ascending, rarely prostrate, simple or branched, 3-12 dm. long. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3-20 cm. long, acuminate at both ends, petioled, ciliate, conspicuously punctate, acrid, the midrib often with a few scattered hairs; ocreae cylindric, fringed with long bristles falling away at maturity, racemes narrow, erect or slightly drooping, loosely-flowered, 2-8 cm. long; calyx greenish; stamens 8; style 2-3-parted to the base; achene oblong, thick, lenticular or 3- angled, 2.5 mm. long, smooth, shining.
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Distribution
Swampy ground, Andros, along road to Morgan's Bluff : Bermuda : temperate and tropicai continental America ; Cuba to Trinidad ; Jamaica. Water Smartweed.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|