Lady's Thumb  (Redleg)

Persicaria maculosa  (formerly Polygonum persicaria)

Flowers are white or pink and tiny, occurring in tight clusters up to 1 inch long held above the leaves on thin stalks. The leaves are ovate,slender with an acute point, green, and not infrequently have a darker green irregular spot near the middle of the leaf.  The jointed stems have a thin sheath at each joint, and in this plant these sheaths have a fringe of short hairs extending upward along the stem.

1-2 feet, shade - partial shade.

Summer-Autumn (June-October).

Lady's Thumb, 25 July 2020.