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waterpepper
Plantae Polygonaceae

waterpepper

Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Spach

Persicaria hydropiper, commonly water pepper, is an annual damp-loving herb used…

swamp smartweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

swamp smartweed

Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small

Persicaria hydropiperoides (swamp smartweed) is an edible variable flowering her…

pale smartweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

pale smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray

Persicaria lapathifolia is a morphologically variable annual herb found across m…

low smartweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

low smartweed

Persicaria longiseta (Bruijn) Kitag.

Persicaria longiseta, an annual knotweed native to Asia, is introduced and often…

spotted lady's thumb
Plantae Polygonaceae

spotted lady's thumb

Persicaria maculosa Gray

Persicaria maculosa Gray is an annual herb native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewh…

small water-pepper
Plantae Polygonaceae

small water-pepper

Persicaria minor (Huds.) Opiz

Persicaria minor, or kesum, is an edible Southeast Asian aromatic herb with docu…

Nepal Persicaria
Plantae Polygonaceae

Nepal Persicaria

Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H.Gross

Persicaria nepalensis is a Polygonaceae flowering plant native to eastern Africa…

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Plantae Polygonaceae

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate

Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach

Persicaria orientalis is a Polygonaceae flowering plant with common names kiss-m…

pinkweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

pinkweed

Persicaria pensylvanica (L.) M.Gómez

Persicaria pensylvanica, or Pennsylvania smartweed, is an annual herb that provi…

mile-a-minute weed
Plantae Polygonaceae

mile-a-minute weed

Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H.Gross

Persicaria perfoliata is an annual plant with distinct ochreas, edible blue frui…

Asian lady's thumb
Plantae Polygonaceae

Asian lady's thumb

Persicaria posumbu (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross

Persicaria posumbu is a disjunctly distributed flowering plant in Polygonaceae w…

Creeping Knotweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

Creeping Knotweed

Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják

Persicaria prostrata is a decumbent perennial herb that grows in seasonally inun…

Dotted Smartweed
Plantae Polygonaceae

Dotted Smartweed

Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small

Persicaria punctata, or dotted smartweed, is a variable knotweed species native …

arrow-leaved tearthumb
Plantae Polygonaceae

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Persicaria sagittata (L.) H.Gross

Persicaria sagittata is an annual prickly herb widespread across eastern North A…

American jumpseed
Plantae Polygonaceae

American jumpseed

Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.

Persicaria virginiana, or jumpseed, is a Persicaria species native to eastern No…

Prickly Geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

Prickly Geebung

Persoonia juniperina Labill.

Persoonia juniperina is a variable-height Australian shrub found in south-easter…

Broad-leaf Geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

Broad-leaf Geebung

Persoonia levis (Cav.) Domin

Persoonia levis is an Australian shrub or small tree adapted to fire-prone dry s…

Narrow-leaf Geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

Narrow-leaf Geebung

Persoonia linearis Andrews

Persoonia linearis Andrews is a common Australian woody plant adapted to fire, g…

Pine-leaf Geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

Pine-leaf Geebung

Persoonia pinifolia R.Br.

Persoonia pinifolia is an upright woody shrub grown in horticulture as an attrac…

silky geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

silky geebung

Persoonia sericea A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

Persoonia sericea is a hairy Australian shrub that has been observed sprouting y…

small-leaved geebung
Plantae Proteaceae

small-leaved geebung

Persoonia virgata R.Br.

Persoonia virgata is a flowering shrub found in near-coastal eastern Australia b…

shiny sandpaper plant
Plantae Loasaceae

shiny sandpaper plant

Petalonyx nitidus S.Watson

Petalonyx nitidus, or shinyleaf sandpaper plant, is a flowering subshrub native …

Thurber's Sandpaper Plant
Plantae Loasaceae

Thurber's Sandpaper Plant

Petalonyx thurberi A.Gray

Petalonyx thurberi, or sandpaper plant, is a desert subshrub native to the south…

quinine bush
Plantae Picrodendraceae

quinine bush

Petalostigma pubescens Domin

Petalostigma pubescens Domin, the quinine bush, is a native rainforest tree desc…