Carey's Smartweed

Polygonum careyi Olney

Buckwheat family

Plant Type
Forb/herb
Life Cycle
Annual
Mature Height
6.0 feet
Flower Color
Red, Pink, Green, Purple
Bloom Time
Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.