- Family:
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Persicaria Mill.
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- barbasco, barbasquillo, catay, corazón herido, hierba de sapo, picantilla, picantillo
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 700–2400 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), desert, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Barbasco, Yerba de sapo
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 700 - 2400 m.; Andes, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming
Introduced into:
Hawaii, Nepal, West Himalaya
- Discolenta punctata (Elliott) Raf.
- Mitesia punctata (Elliott) Raf.
- Persicaria acris M.Gómez
- Persicaria punctata var. confertiflora (Meisn.) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard
- Persicaria punctata var. eciliata (Small) Small
- Persicaria punctata var. leptostachya (Meisn.) Small
- Persicaria punctata var. tacubayana Nieuwl.
- Polygonum acre Kunth
- Polygonum acre f. albiflorum Kuntze
- Polygonum acre var. aquatile Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. brachystachyum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. confertiflorum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. leptostachyum Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. riparium (Mart.) Meisn.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. aquatile (Mart.) Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. riparium Mart.
- Polygonum distachyum Mart. ex Meisn.
- Polygonum eciliatum (Small) W.Stone
- Polygonum epilobioides Wedd.
- Polygonum gracilescens Mart. ex Meisn.
- Polygonum maritimum Vell.
- Polygonum punctatum Elliott
- Polygonum punctatum var. aquatile (Mart.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorum (Meisn.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. eciliatum Small
- Polygonum punctatum var. ellipticum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. leptostachyum (Meisn.) Small
- Polygonum punctatum var. littorale Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum f. longicollum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. mexicanum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parviflorum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parvum Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Polygonum punctatum f. stipitatum Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. tacubayanum (Nieuwl.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. typicum Fassett
- Polygonum riparium Mart. ex Meisn.
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Nov 1, 2007 | Sasaki, D. [1524], Mato Grosso | Polygonum punctatum | K000578464 | No | |
Sasaki, D. [2444], Mato Grosso | Polygonum punctatum | K000579320 | No |
First published in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 379 (1903)
Accepted by
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
- Britton, N. (1918). Flora of Bermuda: 1-585. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
- Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia . ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
- Greuter, W. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 26: 1-166.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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