Polygonum nuttallii
Species of flowering plant
| Polygonum nuttallii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. nuttallii |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum nuttallii Small 1895 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Polygonum nuttallii is a North American species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Nuttall's knotweed. It grows in the Pacific Northwest, in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.[2]
Polygonum nuttallii is an herb up to 35 cm (14 in) tall. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white or pink.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Tropicos, Polygonum nuttallii Small, 1895. Nuttall's knotweed
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Polygonum nuttallii Small, 1895. Nuttall's knotweed
- ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1895. Memoirs from the Department of Botany of Columbia College. vol.I. Monograph of the North American Species of the genus Polygonum page 132 description in English
- ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1895. Memoirs from the Department of Botany of Columbia College. vol.I. Monograph of the North American Species of the genus Polygonum plate 53 line drawing of Polygonum nuttallii
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oregon in 1881
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