Pale Smartweed
Pale Smartweed
Polygonum lapathifolium L.
Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family)
▲ ▼ young plants
▲ foliage showing purple markings (present on many, but not all plants)
▲ ochrea
▲ ▼ young plants with flowers
▲ mature plant with flowers
▲ inflorescences
Pale Smartweed:
- similar to ladysthumb, but stipules around stem have smooth edges
- inflorescences tend to nod at top of plant
- has smooth margined ochrea with no hairs on it
- more common in wetter soils
- summer annual