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|accepted_name=Persicaria careyi
|accepted_authority=(Olney) Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|place=1: 24. 1904
|year=1904
}}
|common_names=Carey’s smartweed;renouée de Carey
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polygonum careyi
|authority=Olney
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Providence Franklin Soc.
|publication_place=1: 29. 1847
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Persicaria;Persicaria sect. Persicaria;Persicaria careyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Persicaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Persicaria sect. Persicaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Persicaria careyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 582
|treatment_page=page 592
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, 3–15(–20) dm; roots also rarely arising from proximal nodes; rhizomes and stolons absent. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched distally, ribbed distally, hirsute proximally, stipitate-glandular distally, usually smooth proximally. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea brownish to reddish brown, cylindric, 8–20 mm, chartaceous, base inflated or not, margins truncate, ciliate with bristles 2–7 mm, surface strigose to hirsute, not glandular-punctate, rarely stipitate-glandular; petiole (0.1–)0.5–1.5 cm, hirsute, leaves sometimes sessile; blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, narrowly lanceolate, 6–18 × 1–3.5 cm, base tapering, margins antrorsely strigose, apex acuminate to attenuate, faces sparingly hirsute abaxially and adaxially, veins often hirsute, sometimes stipitate-glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary, nodding or drooping, usually interrupted, 10–100 × 5–10 mm; peduncle 20–50 mm, stipitate-glandular; ocreolae overlapping or not overlapping proximally, margins eciliate or ciliate with bristles to 1.3 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending to spreading, 1–4 mm. <b>Flowers</b> (1–)2–8 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous; perianth roseate or purple, glabrous, not glandular-punctate, scarcely accrescent; tepals 5, connate in proximal 1/3, obovate, 2.4–3.2 mm, veins prominent or not, not anchor-shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded; stamens 5 (or 8), included; anthers pink, elliptic; styles 2, connate to middle. <b>Achenes</b> included, dark brown to black, biconvex, 1.8–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm, shiny, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Low thickets, swamps, bogs, moist shorelines, clearings, recent burns, cultivated ground
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>An infusion made from entire plants of <i>Persicaria careyi</i> was used by the Potawatomi as a cold remedy and febrifuge (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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name=Persicaria careyi
|authority=(Olney) Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polygonum careyi
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct.
|habitat=Low thickets, swamps, bogs, moist shorelines, clearings, recent burns, cultivated ground
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|publication year=1904
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Persicaria
|section=Persicaria sect. Persicaria
|species=Persicaria careyi
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