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Pronunciation: per-si-KARE-ee-a punk-TAY-ta
Common name: Water smartweed
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Common in low moist places, cismontane to desert edge, shores, to 4500', planted as waterfowl food
Blooming period: July to October
Name derivations: 1) Persicaria 2) punctata