Polygonum tenerum, common name tall jointweed, slender jointweed, or wireweed, is a species of flowering plant.[2] It grows in the southeastern United States including parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and southern Alabama.[2][3] It is an annual in the Polygonaceae family.[3] It grows in sandhill and dry pineland habitats.[4] It has small wiry stems and can grow to five feet tall. The white and pink flowers. It is dioecious. It produces reddish-brown achenes[3]
Polygonum tenerum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Polygonum |
Species: | P. tenerum
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Binomial name | |
Polygonum tenerum Spreng.[1]
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Polygonella gracilis is a synonym.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Polygonum tenerum Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ^ a b c "Polygonella gracilis - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". floraofalabama.org.
- ^ Sciences, College of (May 12, 2017). "Tall Jointweed (Polygonella gracilis)".