Other common names:
Virginia Knotweed, Virginia Smartweed Other scientific names: Polygonum virginianum, Tovara virginiana French names:
Renouée de Virginie Family: Smartweed Family (Polygonaceae) Similar species: •
Lady's Thumb (Persicaria maculosa) - Leaves also have a splotch in the middle, but the plant is much smaller and the flooweres are quite different. Flowers: Summer; White; 4 parts (petals); Very small flowers. Leaves: Alternate, Simple Habitat: Forests Grows in Sun/Shade:
Shade Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 130 Native/Non-native:
Native Photography notes:
Jumpseed flowers are very small and are difficult to photograph. And it doesn't help that they're located along a very lon flower stalk that bounces in the slightest breeze. Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: virginiana: of Virginia, Virginianvirginianum: of Virginia For more information visit: Ontario Wildflowers Photographs:
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Jumpseed flowers are very small!
Another photo of a flower.
Jumpseed flower stalk, with flowers and developing seed pods scattered along its length.
Jumpseed has distinctive leaves, sometimes with a large splotch in the middle.
Jumpseed plants just coming up in the spring.
Leaves without splotches.
An entire Jumpseed plant, with leaves and the long flower stalks.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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