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Water Pepper (Polygonum hydropiper)
Image ID: 2013/ar113
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Other common names: Common Smartweed, Marshpepper Knotweed, Mild Water-Pepper, Swamp Smartweed
Introduced
Family:
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Height: 0.5 to 2.5 ft.
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 0.135 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Allegheny River Trail
Date: 8/11/2013
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
