Taxonomy: Fam. Polygonaceae// Genus: Persicaria// Species: Persicaria maculosa Gray
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995) as Polygonum persicaria L., Sp. Pl. 361 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Uotila, 2017) is Persicaria maculosa Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 269. 1821.
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia and North Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in wet habitats- on the banks of rivers and other bodies of water.
Flowering period: Late summer- early fall (AUG, SEP).
References:
Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Persicaria maculosa Gray. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:695052-1 [Accessed 05.09.2021].
Persicaria maculosa. Uotila, P. (2017): Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=55300&PTRefFk=7300000 [05.09.2021]
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