Index / Search / Polygonum setaceum
§1 Plant
Polygonum setaceum Baldw.
vernacular bog smartweed — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 309 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 309 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ascension 22005
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Guilford 37081
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lee 51105
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POSE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334488 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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