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Pennsylvania smartweed Persicaria pensylvanicum L. Family: Polygonaceae (Smartweed family) Life cycle: Annual Habitat: Crop fields, horticultural areas General description: Erect or ascending growth with stems reaching 3 ft in length. Stems are smooth, branched, often with reddish tint, and swollen nodes. Leaves are alternate, elliptic, with ochrea at base of the petiole. Leaves occasionally have purple spot in center. Pink to white flowers are small and arranged in dense, elongated clusters up to 3 in long. Key ID traits: Alternate, elliptic leaves with ochrea; ascending growth habit. Similar species: Ladysthumb has a very similar growth habit and vegetative characteristics to Pennsylvania smartweed, and is found in similar habitats. The ochrea of ladysthumb has hairs on the margin, whereas PA smartweed lacks the hairs. Agronomy 217 Ochrea at base of leaf petiole Weed Identification
