General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Other info: Reseeds easily and can become invasive
Pollinators: Self
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Spotted Lady's Thumb
  • Red Shank
  • Crab's Claw
  • Lady's Pinch
  • Redleg
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Persicaria maculosa
  • Synonym: Polygonum persicaria

Photo Gallery
Location: Sallandse heuvelrug
Date: 2021-08-22
Location: Empese en Tondense Heide
Date: 2021-07-18
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-23

Date: 2012-10-03
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-07-27
Why it's called Red Shank
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-08-02
With a NOID lily
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-10
self-set in a plant container.
Photo by SongofJoy
Photo by SongofJoy
Location: Boston (North Shore)
Date: 2019-07-11
Growing in my yard where grass should be

Photo credit: The Cosmonaut
Location: Sao Vicente - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-10
Photo by keithp2012
Location: on waste land, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-07-24
Location: Empese en Tondense Heide
Date: 2021-07-18
Discussion Threads about this plant
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not P. maculosa by bamira Jul 28, 2015 2:33 PM 0
Smartweed by scvirginia Jul 12, 2019 12:38 PM 2

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