Persicaria sagittata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyPolygonaceae
Family (Traditional)Polygonaceae
GenusPersicaria
Species:Persicaria sagittata (L.) H. Gross
Common NameArrowleaf Tearthumb
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: PK; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Reproductive Phenology: December; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; 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: 8
C value 4
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** 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 perfoliatum Polygonum perfoliatum L.
Polygonum sagittatum Polygonum sagittatum L.
Polygonum sagittatum var. gracilentum Polygonum sagittatum var. gracilentum Fernald
Polygonum sieboldii Polygonum sieboldii
Truellum perfoliatum Truellum perfoliatum

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: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Christian (KY), Floyd (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Henry (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Morgan (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Lewis (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN)

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

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 Powell Kentucky 12 Sep 1993 R.C. Clark
22957
EKY
Persicaria sagittata
31234100857570 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R.C. Clark
21627
EKY
Persicaria sagittata
N/A Powell Kentucky 12 Sep 1993 Ross C. Clark
22957
EKY
Persicaria sagittata
31234100857588 Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 R.C. Clark
21853
EKY
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018894 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018884 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018891 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018895 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018890 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018883 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018887 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018896 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018881 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018893 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018882 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU005984 Unicoi Tennessee 22 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU007534 Unicoi Tennessee 15 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
N/A Johnson Tennessee 01 Jul 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 14 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
N/A Carter Tennessee 14 Jun 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107965 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0086519 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075478 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007328 Lyon Kentucky 25 Jun 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0078341 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0068995 Greenup Kentucky 07 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007342 Montgomery Tennessee 31 Aug 1981 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007324 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0052845 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0030003 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007341 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075480 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075483 Calloway Kentucky 05 Oct 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0074939 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075377 Warren Kentucky 29 Jun 1970 Kenneth Nicely
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0094516 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0082430 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0077385 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007333 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0070653 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075498 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0071802 Trigg Kentucky 20 Sep 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007327 Lyon Kentucky 03 Sep 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007331 Trigg Kentucky 13 Jun 1989 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075488 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0084532 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007325 Trigg Kentucky 21 Sep 1985 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007339 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007336 Christian Kentucky 28 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107967 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075368 Calloway Kentucky 07 Sep 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0076080 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107963 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007332 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0055474 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0109089 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007335 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0077726 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0078477 Harlan Kentucky 15 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007326 Trigg Kentucky 21 Sep 1985 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107964 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0077413 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007323 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075357 Letcher Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075370 Warren Kentucky 10 Oct 1980
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0082431 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007337 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007330 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007338 Carroll Tennessee 17 Jul 1986 Milo Pyne
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107255 Bell Kentucky 24 Sep 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0118518 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075366 Harlan Kentucky 23 Sep 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075362 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0082429 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007329 Trigg Kentucky 24 Sep 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107961 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075469 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0111190 Morgan Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0075355 Floyd Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0007340 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
APSC0107966 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Persicaria sagittata
UCHT036366 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Persicaria sagittata
UOS05052 Franklin Tennessee 13 Jun 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria sagittata
UOS05066 Van Buren Tennessee 29 Aug 2002 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Persicaria sagittata
UOS05068 Franklin Tennessee 16 Oct 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Persicaria sagittata
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 03 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU026420 Hawkins Tennessee 03 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19585
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU030593 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU035097 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU035096 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
ETSU030877 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Persicaria sagittata
HTTU035588 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Persicaria sagittata
HTTU036587 Tennessee
HTTU
Persicaria sagittata
MEM005163 Ballard Kentucky 10 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
246
MEM
Persicaria sagittata
MEM002021 McCracken Kentucky 25 Sep 1967 Raymond Athey
27
MEM
Persicaria sagittata
MEM006905 Calloway Kentucky 15 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2577
MEM
Persicaria sagittata
MEM003963 Henry Kentucky 29 Sep 1962 J.L. Gentry Jr.
806
MEM
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018888 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018880 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018885 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018892 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018886 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
BEREA018889 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Persicaria sagittata
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