Persicaria coccinea (Muhl. ex Willd.) Greene

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wisconsin

• County/Municipio

  Richland Co.

• Locality

  Garner Lake

• Elevation

  Alt. 161 m. (528 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.1944, -90.6089

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
Polygonaceae
Persicaria coccínea (Muhl, ex Willd.) Greene
det. D. Atha, 2011
WISCONSIN, Richland Co., Gamer Lake, a shallow widening
in channel through the Wisconsin River floodplain forest of
Acer saccharinum, Betula nigra, Quercus bicolor.
T 8 N; R 2 W; SE % sect. 4.
43oH’40”N,90°36’32”W. alt. 161 m.
Solid colonies on unshaded edge; soil mucky but solid; plants
only on land, not at all an aquatic, and the few plants now in a
few inches of water are moribund. Flowering stems erect, to 1
m. tall, mostly somewhat shorter. Inflorescence red-pink,
±blunt at tip.
Coll.: M. Nee 58167
5 Oct 2011
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