Native plant · POLYGONACEAE
Persicaria lapathifolia
CURLYTOP KNOTWEED; PALE SMARTWEED
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Persicaria lapathifolia. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Persicaria lapathifolia
- Family
- POLYGONACEAE
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACW (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Lee; Miami-Dade; Indian River; Hillsborough; Palm Beach; Jackson; Sarasota
Where documented in Florida
Lee; Miami-Dade; Indian River; Hillsborough; Palm Beach; Jackson; Sarasota
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Persicaria
- Persicaria arifolia — HALBERDLEAF TEARTHUMB; halberd-leaved tearthumb
- Persicaria glabra — DENSEFLOWER KNOTWEED; Dense-flowered smartweed
- Persicaria hirsuta — HAIRY SMARTWEED
- Persicaria hydropiperoides — MILD WATERPEPPER; SWAMP SMARTWEED
- Persicaria meisneriana var. beyrichiana — BRANCHED TEARTHUMB; MEXICAN TEARTHUMB
- Persicaria pensylvanica — PENNSYLVANIA SMARTWEED; pinkweed
Data provenance
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