Lady’s Thumb Edibility, Identification, and More • New Life On A Homestead
The alternately arranged leaves are lance to egg shaped, and grow from 2 to 6 inches long and can be up to 2 inches wide. The leaves have a hairy upper surface, and margins, while the lower surface remains smooth. The leaves often have a purple mark in the center, resembling a lady's thumb.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
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Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria F. Polygonaceae. General Description: Lady's Thumb is a small, low-lying wildflower approximating 20-80 cm. in height. This plant is best characterized by its dense, spike-like, elongated cluster of small dark pink or purple grain-like flowers. These flowers are arranged along a thin, vibrant green, fibrously.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Lady's thumb (Polygonum persicaria) is an annual, broadleaved edible plant in the buckwheat/smartweed (Polygonaceae) family that's found in the summertime. Duration: 4:04 Date Created: 2018-08-28. Related Edible Plants. Lady's Thumb. Related Edible Fungi. Related Edible Trees.
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Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region.
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Fruit is a dry seed (achene), disc shaped to 3-sided, brown or black with a smooth, shiny surface. Non-native Lady's-thumb, formerly Polygonum persicaria, has become widely established across North America and is one of the most common Smartweeds found in Minnesota. It can grow explosively in seasonal water basins, receding waterlines of.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa) is a summer annual belonging to the buckwheat (polygonaceae) family.This adaptable smartweed grows abundantly throughout North America and Eurasia. lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)In North America, the plant is considered an invasive species and farmers and gardeners work hard to prevent it and rid it from their fields.
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Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria): Lady's Thumb stems are branched, wavy and can be reddish in color and can grow up to 3-1/2 feet tall. The lower stem joints, or nodes, are swollen at bottom where roots initiate. A thin papery sheath called an ocrea (also ochrea) wraps around the stem at each leaf base that grows off of it.
Redshank, Persicaria, Redleg, Lady'sthumb, Spotted Ladysthumb, Gambetta (Polygonum persicaria
Ladysthumb (Lady's Thumb) or Smartweed Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat or Knotweed Family) Genus: Polygonum (some sources use persicaria for the genus) | Species: persicaria, vulgaris, and/or caespitosum (Most common member of this group, at least in the northeastern US, is called Pennsylvania Smartweed - Polygonum Pensylvanicum) Description: Some may also refer to this very common weed […]
Lady's thumb Polygonum persicaria, Nexles
Lady's Thumb - Polygonum Persicaria. There are lookalikes throughout Ontario, primarily also in the buckwheat family, like the smaller prostate smartweed for instance. The most stunning native smartweed is like a deluxe version of lady's thumb; that's water smartweed. Edible Uses of Lady's-Thumb
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Polygonum amphibium Polygonum cespitosum Polygonum hydropiperoides; Common Name: water smartweed: Oriental lady's thumb: mild water-pepper: Plant: Up to 9½' (3 m) × ⅜" (1 cm), sprawling or floating.
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Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria. Prev Next Pause Resume. To support our efforts please browse our store (books with medicinal info, etc.). Lady's thumb is an annual plant in the buckwheat/smartweed (Polygonaceae) family. Other common names include spotted lady's thumb and redshank. It is a summer annual, herbaceous, broadleaved plant that.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Facts. Lady's-thumb smartweed is an annual weed of wet disturbed areas. The Cherokee used the crushed leaves to treat rash caused by poison ivy.
Lady'sThumb Polygonum Persicaria Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Buckwheat of Wild Plants
Lady's Thumb, redlag Polygonum persicaria is a wild food and medicine plant that volunteered in AJ's raised bed in our garden we let it grow so here is a li.
Polygonum persicaria (Lady’s thumb)
Lady's-Thumb Knotweed. Erect, shiny, smooth. Stem branching from base, sometimes swollen above joints. Bracts on stems at leaf joints papery and fringed. Leaves lance-shaped, pointed at tips, usually with a dark spot in the middle, dots on underside. Flowers atop shiny stalks in dense uninterrupted spikes, pink or rarely white.
Lady's Thumb, polygonum persicaria
March 8, 2023 by Tara Dodrill. Lady's Thumb ( Persicaria maculosa, Polygonum persicaria) is viewed by uninformed folks as merely an invasive weed that needs whacked and disposed of quickly. But, to homesteaders and fans of wild edibles in general, discovering this plant on your land can provide a natural bounty of home remedy ingredients.