Ladysthumb

(Polygonum persicaria)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect or spreadding summer annual w/swollen nodes along stem

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots extending from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, smooth, lanceolate & acute at tip

Reproduction: Inflorescences in short, cylindrical terminal raceme, flower color varies from pink to rose purple to green to white; achene fruit

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}