Polygonum majus

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Polygonum majus
Polygonum majus-5-26-04.jpg
Status TNC G1.svg
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. majus
Binomial name
Polygonum majus
(Meisn.) Piper 1901
Synonyms [1]
  • Polygonum coarctatum var. majusMeisn. 1856
  • Polygonum douglasii subsp. majus(Meisn.) J.C. Hickman

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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Description

Polygonum majus is an herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white or pink. [4] [5]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Polygonum majus (Meisn.) Piper
  2. "Polygonum majus.png(1052 x 642)". bonap.net.
  3. "Polygonum majus Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  4. "Polygonum majus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  5. Piper, Charles Vancouver. 1901. Flora of the Palouse Region 63