Polygonum achoreum

Polygonum achoreum, common names Blake's knotweed,[2] leathery knotweed[3] or striate knotweed,[4] is a North American species of plants in the buckwheat family. It is widespread across much of Canada and the northern United States.[5]

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[1]
  • Polygonum erectum subsp. achoreum (S.F. Blake) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Polygonum achoreum is an herb up to 70 cm (28 in) tall with yellow-green flowers in flat-topped clusters.[2][6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Polygonum achoreum S.F. Blake
  2. Flora of North America, Polygonum achoreum S. F. Blake, 1917.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polygonum achoreum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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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