Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria) Idaho Fish and Game
Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria): Lady's Thumb stems are branched, wavy and can be reddish in color and can grow up to 3-1/2 feet tall. The lower stem joints, or nodes, are swollen at bottom where roots initiate. A thin papery sheath called an ocrea (also ochrea) wraps around the stem at each leaf base that grows off of it.
Photo 13, Plant Lady's thumb [Polygonum persicaria]
Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae.Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region.
Lady's thumb Polygonum persicaria, Nexles
Lady's Thumb (Persicaria maculosa) Lady's Thumb. Knotweed family (Polygonaceae) Description: This plant is a summer annual that is ½-2' tall and more or less erect, although individual plants may sprawl. The stems are usually light green, round, and glabrous or slightly pubescent. The alternate leaves are up to 6" long and 1" across.
Lady's Thumb, polygonum persicaria
The alternately arranged leaves are lance to egg shaped, and grow from 2 to 6 inches long and can be up to 2 inches wide. The leaves have a hairy upper surface, and margins, while the lower surface remains smooth. The leaves often have a purple mark in the center, resembling a lady's thumb.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Polygonum amphibium Polygonum cespitosum Polygonum hydropiperoides; Common Name: water smartweed: Oriental lady's thumb: mild water-pepper: Plant: Up to 9½' (3 m) × ⅜" (1 cm), sprawling or floating.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Lady's Thumb, redlag Polygonum persicaria is a wild food and medicine plant that volunteered in AJ's raised bed in our garden we let it grow so here is a li.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria F. Polygonaceae. General Description: Lady's Thumb is a small, low-lying wildflower approximating 20-80 cm. in height. This plant is best characterized by its dense, spike-like, elongated cluster of small dark pink or purple grain-like flowers. These flowers are arranged along a thin, vibrant green, fibrously.
Photo 14, Plant Lady's thumb [Polygonum persicaria]
Lady's Thumb - Polygonum Persicaria. There are lookalikes throughout Ontario, primarily also in the buckwheat family, like the smaller prostate smartweed for instance. The most stunning native smartweed is like a deluxe version of lady's thumb; that's water smartweed. Edible Uses of Lady's-Thumb
Redshank, Persicaria, Redleg, Lady'sthumb, Spotted Ladysthumb, Gambetta (Polygonum persicaria
Facts. Lady's-thumb smartweed is an annual weed of wet disturbed areas. The Cherokee used the crushed leaves to treat rash caused by poison ivy.
Lady's thumb ( Polygonum persicaria ) photo Fletcher Wildlife Garden photos at
Lady's-Thumb Knotweed. Erect, shiny, smooth. Stem branching from base, sometimes swollen above joints. Bracts on stems at leaf joints papery and fringed. Leaves lance-shaped, pointed at tips, usually with a dark spot in the middle, dots on underside. Flowers atop shiny stalks in dense uninterrupted spikes, pink or rarely white.
Edible & Medicinal Lady's Thumb ( Polygonum persicaria ) YouTube
March 8, 2023 by Tara Dodrill. Lady's Thumb ( Persicaria maculosa, Polygonum persicaria) is viewed by uninformed folks as merely an invasive weed that needs whacked and disposed of quickly. But, to homesteaders and fans of wild edibles in general, discovering this plant on your land can provide a natural bounty of home remedy ingredients.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Ladysthumb (Lady's Thumb) or Smartweed Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat or Knotweed Family) Genus: Polygonum (some sources use persicaria for the genus) | Species: persicaria, vulgaris, and/or caespitosum (Most common member of this group, at least in the northeastern US, is called Pennsylvania Smartweed - Polygonum Pensylvanicum) Description: Some may also refer to this very common weed […]
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria photo Bev Wigney photos at
Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Fruit is a dry seed (achene), disc shaped to 3-sided, brown or black with a smooth, shiny surface. Non-native Lady's-thumb, formerly Polygonum persicaria, has become widely established across North America and is one of the most common Smartweeds found in Minnesota. It can grow explosively in seasonal water basins, receding waterlines of.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
No children of Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria) found. Names . Common Name: Lady's Thumb. Scientific Name: Polygonum persicaria. Show Aliases. Possible aliases, alternative names and misspellings for Polygonum persicaria. Common Name(s):
Wildflower Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria), Montour Trail
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