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Image of Persicaria lapathifolia subsp. lapathifolia
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Dock Leaf Smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray

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Persicaria lapathifolia (Dock Leaf Smartweed) is a species of herb in the family Polygonaceae. They are native to South America. They have achenes. Flowers are visited by Myzinum maculatum, Tharsalea hyllus, Andrena flavipes, and hedge brown.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
  • Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Dock-Leaf Smartweed. View this species on GBIF