Polygonaceae
Dotted smartweed
Persicaria punctata
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- chy
- Hotamó'êstse
- English
- Dotted smartweed
- Spanish
- Cataizal, Tomaiza
Synonyms
- Discolenta punctata Raf.
- Persicaria punctata var. eciliata (Small) Small
- Persicaria punctata var. tacubayana Nieuwl.
- Polygonum acre Kunth
- Polygonum acre Lam.
- Polygonum acre var. aquatile (Mart.) Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. brachystachyum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. confertiflorum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. leptostachyum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. majus Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. riparium (Mart.) Meisn.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. aquatile Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. riparium Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. aquatile (Mart.) Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. riparium Mart.
- Polygonum epilobioides Wedd.
- Polygonum punctatum Elliott
- Polygonum punctatum f. longicollum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum f. stipitatum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. aquatile (Mart.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum (Meisn. ex DC.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. ellipticum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. leptostachyum Small
- Polygonum punctatum var. littorale Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. mexicanum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parviflorum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parvum Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Polygonum punctatum var. riparium (Meisn.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. tacubayanum (Nieuwl.) Fassett
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 355 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0, 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.