NameThatPlant.net: Duravia species 2

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum tenue FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Polygonum tenue FAMILY Polygonaceae

COMMON NAME:
Glade Knotweed, Slender Knotweed

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

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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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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