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 amphibia |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | persicaria; persicary; peachwort; peach-wort |
| Species common name(s) | amphibious persicaria; amphibious persicary; amphibious knotweed; amphibious knot-weed; amphibious smartweed; amphibious bistort; amphibious lake-weed; amphibious lake weed; amphibious peachwort; water persicaria; water polygonum; water heart's-ease; water hearts-ease; water heartsease; water lady's-thumb; water lady's thumb; water ladysthumb; water peachwort; mud knotweed; mud knot-weed; mud knot weed; lake knotweed; swimming knotweed; floating lady's-thumb; floating ladysthumb; shoreline knotweed; big-root lady's-thumb; bigroot ladysthumb; long-rooted smartweed; long-root smartweed; longroot smartweed; narrow-leaved pond-weed; narrow-leaved pond weed; narrow leaved pond-weed; tannin plant; tanweed; kelp smartweed |
| | | | | 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, willow-weed, willow weed, willow smartweed, willow smart-weed, willow grass, willow-grass, creeping knotweed, swamp persicaria, swamp persicary, swamp smartweed, swamp knotweed, swamp smartweed, swamp-pepper knotweed, swamppepper knotweed, creeping knotweed, floating knotweed are applied to multiple Persicaria taxa; smartweed, smart-weed, smart weed, bistort, knotweed, knot-weed, knot weed, tear-thumb, tear thumb, tearthumb are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa; devil's shoestring, devil's shoe-string, devil's-shoestrings, devil's shoe-strings, devil's shoestrings, devil's shoe strings, ground-willow, ground willow, heart's-ease, heart's ease, hearts'-ease, hearts' ease, heartsease, lace-plant, lace plant, laceplant, lady's-thumb, lady's thumb, lady's-thumb, ladysthumb, heart's-ease, heart's ease, hearts'-ease, hearts' ease, heartsease, redshank, red-shank, red shank, redshanks, red-shanks, red shanks, redleg, red-leg, red leg, kelp are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Polygonum amphibium L.; Polygonum amphibium L. var. emersum Michx.; Polygonum amphibium L. var. stipulaceum N. Coleman |
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