Persicaria virginiana

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPolygonaceae
Family (Traditional)Polygonaceae
GenusPersicaria
Species:Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.
Common NameJumpseed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BEH; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Polygonum virginianum Polygonum virginianum L.
Polygonum virginianum var. glaberrimum Polygonum virginianum var. glaberrimum (Fernald) Steyerm.
Tovara virginiana Tovara virginiana (L.) Raf.
Tovara virginiana var. glaberrima Tovara virginiana var. glaberrima Fernald

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Carroll (KY), Christian (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fayette (KY), Floyd (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Mercer (KY), Monroe (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Spencer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Benton (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lewis (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Stewart (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 Ross C. Clark
21741
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
31234100859691 Kentucky 22 Sep 1973 Johnnie B. Varner
7924
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 R.C. Clark
21741
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018906 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108021 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108018 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006952 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006944 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006958 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006941 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0010981 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082433 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108020 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082435 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 R.C. Clark
22702
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
31234100857455 Powell Kentucky 14 Jul 1985 S.L. Weber
156
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018901 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0102027 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006957 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0080472 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006935 Lyon Kentucky 20 Jul 1965 William H. Ellis
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082438 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006946 Lake Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006948 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0118520 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0086722 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006945 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006950 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018913 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018911 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018909 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006960 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108022 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075378 Warren Kentucky 03 Sep 1992
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0067788 Spencer Kentucky 14 Aug 1968 Harry Woodward
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108012 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007292 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006934 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108024 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108010 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0091613 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075559 Rockcastle Kentucky 27 Jul 1977 Rich Hannan
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0103137 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018907 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018914 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018915 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018908 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018905 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018916 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006938 Trigg Kentucky 27 Jul 1985 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108028 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108025 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0080133 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007290 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006963 Todd Kentucky 31 Jul 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082432 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075354 Trimble Kentucky 06 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082437 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
31234100860756 Powell Kentucky 21 Aug 1973 Johnnie B. Varner
7747
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
31234100860095 Wolfe Kentucky 13 Aug 1972 Jerry Buskin
s.n.
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 Ross C. Clark
22702
EKY
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018904 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108027 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006961 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108015 Mercer Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006949 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075558 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006933 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006943 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075485 Carroll Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0050716 Larue Kentucky 23 Jul 1993 Landon McKinney
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0069742 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018902 Floyd Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018899 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018903 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018917 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006937 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006939 Lyon Kentucky 29 Jul 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0019048 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0118522 McLean Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006953 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006936 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082434 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006955 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108029 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108017 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05070 Van Buren Tennessee 21 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0118521 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0099732 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006947 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0055692 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108014 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006951 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006965 Christian Kentucky 10 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007294 Hickman Kentucky 04 Sep 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0052844 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0082436 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006956 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108016 Anderson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
UCHT036367 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU035100 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU035098 Carter Tennessee 04 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
UTM02607 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01167 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01165 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01169 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM02608 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA026043 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA025249 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU032190 Washington Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
HTTU036356 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Persicaria virginiana
MEM005571 McCracken Kentucky 18 Aug 1971 Raymond Athey
1446
MEM
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU025314 Carter Tennessee 23 Jul 2012 Adam McCullough
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
MEM014885 Obion Tennessee 08 Oct 1977 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
157
MEM
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006964 Todd Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
HTTU033617 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05074 Franklin Tennessee 13 Aug 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 25 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018910 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018912 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
BEREA018900 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007295 Union Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075489 Franklin Kentucky 09 Sep 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006959 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108026 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075358 Powell Kentucky 13 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006940 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108009 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108023 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007293 Christian Kentucky 07 Oct 2012 Mason Brock
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01171 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM02609 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01172 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01170 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01166 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
UTM01168 Obion Tennessee
UTM
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0108013 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075379 Warren Kentucky 13 Oct 1973
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05053 Franklin Tennessee 20 Aug 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05073 Coffee Tennessee 08 Aug 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU035099 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
MEM004265 Henry Kentucky 29 Jul 1962 J.L. Gentry Jr.
570
MEM
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0006966 Christian Kentucky 18 Sep 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0075356 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0087093 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
APSC0007289 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05071 Franklin Tennessee 26 Sep 2004 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
UOS05072 Franklin Tennessee 31 Aug 1994 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Persicaria virginiana
ETSU026607 Hawkins Tennessee 25 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19762
ETSU
Persicaria virginiana
MEM013451 McCreary Kentucky 19 Aug 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72H7.21
MEM
Persicaria virginiana
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Persicaria virginiana - Dwayne Estes
Persicaria virginiana - Dwayne Estes
Persicaria virginiana - Dwayne Estes
Persicaria virginiana - Dwayne Estes
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Milo Pyne
Persicaria virginiana - Milo Pyne
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Tara Littlefield
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Theo Witsell
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw
Persicaria virginiana - Joey Shaw