Polygonaceae FAMILY

Persicaria pensylvanica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Persicaria pensylvanica is an erect or sprawling, annual plant with a stem that can be branched or unbranched; it can grow from 10 - 200cm tall[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and southern N. America - Montana to Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to central Mexico, Texas and Florida; Caribbean - Cuba, Hispaniola

HabitatWaste ground in moist soils[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Moist, disturbed places, ditches, riverbanks, cultivated fields, shorelines of ponds and reservoirs; at elevations from sea level to 1,800 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]