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Tue, Apr 27, 10 at 9:15
| I am hoping someone can help me identify this woodland plant. I do not know if it flowers. I have seen it growing at the edges of trails-but it doesn't seem very common. Any help would be appreciated. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Woodland Plant
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| Maybe a Polygonum, although if so it isn't big enough to see the characteristic ocrea (sheaths surrounding the stem at the nodes). |
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| Something like Persicaria? One of the knotweeds. I don't know if it's native. |
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- Posted by lisa_in_sepa (My Page) on Tue, Apr 27, 10 at 16:21
| It looks like my plant has parallel leaf veins-would that put it in with the monocots? |
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| The plant in the picture has netted venation, as it has veins branching off the central axis. |
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| It could be tovara virginiana (not the selection Painter's Palette) which develops dark chevron stripes on the leaves. Flowers look like tiny red beads along a thin stem and appear later in summer. kms |
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| When I first saw your posting I thought it looked just like the Polygonum virginiana (Jumpseed) I have in my yard, but saw what I thought were different plants mentioned (some by people who I know are very knowledgeable about these things). I just went to confirm for myself that it could be Jumpseed and I see two of the Latin names mentioned that I hadn't recognized listed for the same plant. I'm more used to confusion from common names, but the Latin names do change sometimes. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Connecticut Botanical Society page on Jumpseed
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