Pronunciation: pol-IG-on-um punk-TAY-tum
Common name: Water smartweed
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Common in low moist places, cismontane to
desert edge, shores, to 4500', planted as waterfowl
food
Blooming period: July to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Polygonum
2) punctatum