Polygonum majus is a North American species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name wiry knotweed. It grows in the western United States and western Canada, from British Columbia south as far as the Sierra Nevada of northwestern Inyo County in California, east as far as Montana.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. majus
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| Polygonum majus | |
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Description
editPolygonum majus is an herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white or pink.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Polygonum majus (Meisn.) Piper
- ^ "Polygonum majus.png(1052 x 642)". bonap.net.
- ^ "Polygonum majus Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Polygonum majus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ Piper, Charles Vancouver. 1901. Flora of the Palouse Region 63
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