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Persicaria bicornis (Persicaria bicornis)

Description

Persicaria bicornis is a North American species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family common name, pink smartweed. It is native to the central and southwestern United States from northern Texas west to Arizona, east to Louisiana and north as far as eastern Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois.Persicaria bicornis is an annual herb up to 180 cm (5.9 ft) tall. It has lance-shaped leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long and groups of small pink flowers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Polygonaceae

              • Genus: Persicaria