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_____ POLYGONUM PERSICARIA 
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ADY’S THUMB SMARTWEED (Polygonum persicaria) is sometimes 
called simply Lady’s Thumb. It is an introduced annual that thrives 
where red clover grows best, although it will grow in most any kind of fer- 
tile soil. The plants grow to a height of about 2 feet and branch more or less 
depending on competition. The leaves somewhat resemble those of a willow 
without teeth along the edges. The flowers are borne in pink spikes at the 
ends of the branches and the resulting seeds or fruits are nearly black and 
more or less heart shaped. This latter character sometimes gives rise to the 
name Heart’s-ease. This weed rarely crowds out accompanying crop plants, 
but its seeds are among the most common in forage crop seeds, especially red 
and alsike clover. The prevention of seed production is the basis for its 
control and eradication. Good soil preparation to give crop plants an ad- 
vantage and the growing of intertilled crops in a crop rotation will control 
it. In grass crops sulfate sprays will set it back without much injury to the 
crop. 

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