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Polygonum achoreum

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Species of flowering plant

Polygonum achoreum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: P. achoreum
Binomial name
Polygonum achoreum
S.F. Blake 1917
Synonyms
  • Polygonum erectum subsp. achoreum (S.F. Blake) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Polygonum achoreum, common names Blake's knotweed, leathery knotweed or striate knotweed, is a North American species of plants in the buckwheat family. It is widespread across much of Canada and the northern United States.

Polygonum achoreum is an herb up to 70 cm (28 in) tall with yellow-green flowers in flat-topped clusters.

References

  1. The Plant List, Polygonum achoreum S.F. Blake
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Polygonum achoreum S. F. Blake, 1917.
  3. NRCS. "Polygonum achoreum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States 1–294.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  6. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1917. Rhodora 19(226): 232–234 descriptions in English and Latin, commentary in English

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Taxon identifiers
Polygonum achoreum


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