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 punctata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | persicaria; persicary; peachwort; peach-wort |
| Species common name(s) | punctate smartweed; punctate knotweed; dotted smartweed; dotted smart-weed; dotted smart weed; dotted knotweed; common water smartweed; bitter smartweed; interrupted smartweed; interupted smartweed; glandular smartweed; turkey-troop; turkey troop |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | water-pepper, water pepper, waterpepper, water smartweed, water smart-weed, water smart weed, water knotweed, biting knotweed, biting knot-weed, biting knot weed, wild smartweed, annual smartweed, arsmart, arssmart, arsesmart, arse-smart, asmart, ass-smart are applied to multiple Persicaria taxa; smartweed, smart-weed, smart weed, tear-thumb, tear thumb, tearthumb are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Polygonum punctatum Elliott |
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