Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Polygonum lapathifolium L.

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Scientific Synonyms: Persicaria densiflorum, Persicaria incarnata (Ell.) Small, Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) S. F. Gray, Persicaria tomentosa (Schrank) Bickn., Polygonum incanum F.W. Schmidt, Polygonum incarnatum Ell., Polygonum lapathifolium L. ssp. pallidum (With.) Fries, Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. incanum (F.W. Schmidt) W.D.J. Koch, Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. nodosum (Pers.) Small, Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. ovatumA. Braun, Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. prostratum C.F.H. Wimmer, Polygonum lapathifolium L. var. salicifolium Sibthorp, Polygonum nodosum Pers., Polygonum oneillii Brenckle, Polygonum pensylvanicum L. ssp. oneillii (Brenckle) Hultén, Polygonum scabrum Moench, Polygonum tomentosum Schrank

Common names:

Curly-top knotweed [Curlytop knotweed] (Present) (50)

Curly-top lady's-thumb [Curlytop ladysthumb] (1942) (155)

Dock-leaf persicaria [Dock-leaved persicaria] (1899-1936) (5, 93, 131, 156)

Heart's-ease [Heart's ease, Heartsease] (1930, IA) (82)

Nodding smartweed (1913-1930, IA) (80, 82)

Pale persicaria (1907-1937) (72, 93, 97, 156)

Pale smartweed (1926-1986) (3, 4, 98)

Persicaria major lapathi foliis calyce floris purpureo (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Pink nodding smartweed (1930, IA) (82)

Pink persicaria (1907, IA) (72)

Pink smartweed (1913-1930, IA) (80, 82)

Smartweed [Smart weed, Smart-weed] (1897-1932) (85, 145)

Upland heart's-ease [Upland hearstease] (1894, Neb) (114)

Willow-weed (1923) (156)

Woolly smartweed (1942) (155)