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|accepted_name=Persicaria virginiana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|place=2: 180. 1790
|year=1790
}}
|common_names=Jumpseed;renouée de Virginie
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygonum virginianum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 360. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Antenoron virginianum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Roberty & Vautier
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tovara virginiana
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rafinesque
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Persicaria;Persicaria sect. Tovara;Persicaria virginiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persicaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Persicaria sect. Tovara]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persicaria virginiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 218
|treatment_page=page 575
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, 4.5–6(–13) dm; rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> ribbed, glabrous or strigose. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea brownish hyaline, cylindric, 10–20 mm, base inflated or not, margins truncate, ciliate with bristles 0.5–4 mm, surface strigose to tomentose; petiole (0.1–)1–2 cm, leaves sometimes sessile; blade 5–17.5 × 2–10 cm, apex acute to acuminate, faces pubescent abaxially, strigose and scabrous adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> (50–)100–350 × 7–15 mm; peduncle 10–70 mm, pubescent or glabrous distally; ocreolae not overlapping, margins ciliate with bristles to 3 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending to spreading, 0.5–1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 1–3 per ocreate fascicle; perianth white, greenish white, or rarely pink, glabrous, accrescent; tepals elliptic to obovate, 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; filaments distinct, outer ones sometimes adnate to perianth tube; anthers yellow or pink, ovate; styles distinct. <b>Achenes</b> included except for apex and styles, brown to dark brown, biconvex, 3.5–4 × 2–2.8 mm, dull to shiny, smooth to rugose. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Rich deciduous forests, floodplain forests, dry woodlands, thickets
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;c Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Tension in the articulation of the pedicels is sufficient to throw mature achenes 3–4 m when the inflorescence is bumped, and the persistent, hooked styles aid in the dispersal of achenes in the fur of animals (H. S. Reed and I. Smoot 1906). A hot infusion of leaves with bark of honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus) was used by the Cherokee to treat whooping cough (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Persicaria virginiana
|authority=(Linnaeus) Gaertner
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Antenoron virginianum;Tovara virginiana
|basionyms=Polygonum virginianum
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Rich deciduous forests, floodplain forests, dry woodlands, thickets
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;c Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|publication year=1790
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1177.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Persicaria
|section=Persicaria sect. Tovara
|species=Persicaria virginiana
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