OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Duravia species 2   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum tenue   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygonum tenue

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Polygonum tenue

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum tenue var. protrusum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum tenue var. tenue

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-005:

Polygonum tenue   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygonum tenue

 

COMMON NAME:
Glade Knotweed, Slender Knotweed


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image of Duravia species 2, Glade Knotweed, Slender Knotweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pote2_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Duravia species 2   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum tenue   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygonum tenue

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Polygonum tenue

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum tenue var. protrusum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum tenue var. tenue

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-005:
Polygonum tenue   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygonum tenue

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4649

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Glades, barrens, and thin, rocky soils, over various rock types (including granite, diabase, amphibolite, greenstone, metagabbro, and shale), also in dry sands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves plicate with one fold on either side of the midrib
Alternate
Leaves sessile or petioles 0-1mm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals green with broad pinkish or whitish border
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary (or rarely paired) in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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