Polygonaceae

Tapertip smartweed

Persicaria acuminata (Kunth) M.Gómez

Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria

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Tapertip smartweed (Persicaria acuminata) — FlowerPhoto: Marcio Santos Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 尖头蓼
English: Tapertip smartweed
Hebrew: בת-ארכובית מחודדת

Synonyms

Chulusium acuminatum Raf.
Polygonum acuminatum Kunth
Polygonum acuminatum var. brachystemon Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. capense Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. glabrescens Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. humboldtii Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. microstemon Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. setigerum (Wedd.) Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. subcordatum Meisn.
Polygonum acuminatum var. weddellii Meisn.
Polygonum alfredi Pilg.
Polygonum bettfreundianum Lindau
Polygonum floribundum Wedd.
Polygonum guatemalense Gand.
Polygonum setigerum Wedd.

Flowers

In flower: April, December (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Marcio Santos Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mario Barroso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Germán Saigo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tomás Tamagno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fernando Sessegolo, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.