This native perennial grows up to several feet tall. This showy smartweed has large lance-shaped leaves up to 6 inches long and one or two elongated and erect clusters of pink flowers at the branch tips (A,B). Differentiated from the other smartweeds by its large leaves and large, showy and erect pink flower clusters.
Grows in colonies near water, flowering from June through September. In Fontenelle Forest, common next to the blind at the end of Gifford Memorial Boardwalk.
Also known as Water Smartweed and Swamp Smartweed.
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