Common Name -  Swamp Smartweed
	Scientific Name - Polygonum coccineum
	Family Name -  Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
Season	Perennial of mid to late summer
Habitat	Wet roadside ditches, shores and marshes. Sometimes grows in shallow water.
Flower	Flowers in dense spikes, small and pink.
Leaves	Alternate, entire, stems jointed.
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