Persicaria maculosa Gray

Filed As

Polygonaceae
Persicaria maculosa Gray

Collector(s)

D. E. Atha 8517, 17 Nov 2009

Location

United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York City. Grounds of The New York Botanical Garden, N of Waring Ave and W of the Bronx River.

Habitat

Lawn at W entrance to herbarium building, frequently mown, fertilized, watered and weeded.

Description

Herb, < 10 cm tall, the stems fleshy, pinkish/yellow/green/, branched and ± prostrate, rooting at the nodes; leaves all very small, fleshy, green and crystal-granular appearing with hand lens, tasting of calcium oxalate, the adaxial with small, central purplish blotch, the abaxial lateral veins not raised but distinctly clear green, not shiny crystal green like the lamina; inflorescences all short and compact; one flower examined had 5 tepals, the outer two pinkish, one inner tepal pinkish/green, one green and one whitish green; styles 2, divergent; trigonous and lenticular achenes present. Two or three small patches of this species seen in this lawn. Plant size perhaps adapted by/to frequent mowing. Phenology of specimen: Flower and Fruit.

Notes (shown on label)

Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01158817

Occurrence ID: f1de6d86-1eab-4613-a125-a6013a9ae953

Laboratory Collections

Tissue Samples, 01125417, D. E. Atha 8517, Persicaria maculosa Gray - Accepted : Polygonaceae (94.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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