Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Persicaria hydropiper |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | persicaria; persicary; peachwort; peach-wort |
| Species common name(s) | common marsh-pepper; common marshpepper; marsh-pepper smartweed; marsh pepper smartweed; marshpepper smartweed; marsh-pepper knotweed; marshpepper knotweed; water-pepper smartweed; water pepper smartweed; waterpepper smartweed; hot arssmart; hot arsmart; hot arsemart; lake-weed; lake weed; lakeweed; hydropiper |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | marsh-pepper, marsh pepper, marshpepper, water-pepper, water pepper, waterpepper, mild water-pepper, mild water pepper, mild waterpepper, common water-pepper, common water pepper, common waterpepper, water knotweed, common smartweed, wild smartweed, annual smartweed, biting persicaria, biting knotweed, biting knot-weed, biting knot weed, biting tongue, bite-tongue, bite tongue, bity-tongue, bity tongue, bitytongue, arsmart, arssmart, arsesmart, arse-smart, arse smart, assmart, ass-smart, culrage, ciderage, red-knees, red knees are applied to multiple Persicaria taxa; smartweed, smart-weed, smart weed, doorweed, door-weed, door-grass, knotweed, knot-weed, knot weed, tear-thumb, tear thumb, tearthumb are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa; redshank, red-shank, red shank, redshanks, red-shanks, red shanks, redleg, red-leg, red leg, red-leaves, redleaf, pepper-plant, pepperplant, pepper plant, snakeweed, snake-weed, snake weed, sickleweed, sickle-weed, sickle weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Polygonum hydropiper L. |
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