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Pronunciation: per-si-KARE-ee-a kap-i-TAY-ta
Common name: Himalayan smartweed
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Disturbed urban areas to about 1500', often escaping from cultivation, native to the Himalayas
Blooming period: Much of the year
Name derivations: 1) Persicaria 2) capitata
Formerly Polygonum capitatum