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Stout Smartweed
Persicaria robustior
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
swamp smartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
Far Eastern smartweedPersicaria extremiorientalis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 287 |
|---|---|
| New York | 90 |
| Connecticut | 58 |
| Canada | 35 |
| Massachusetts | 28 |
| Nova Scotia | 23 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 |
| New Jersey | 16 |
| New Hampshire | 11 |
| Virginia | 10 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | knotweed family · Polygonaceae |
| Genus | knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers · Persicaria |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Stout Smartweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.