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