Polygonum austiniae

Polygonum austiniae, common name Mrs. Austin's knotweed, is a plant species in the buckwheat family. It is native to western Canada and the western United States, from Alberta and British Columbia south as far as California, Nevada, and Wyoming.[3]

Polygonum austiniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. austiniae
Binomial name
Polygonum austiniae
Greene 1885
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Polygonum austinae Greene
  • Polygonum douglasii subsp. austiniae (Greene) A.E. Murray
  • Polygonum douglasii subsp. austiniae (Greene) J.C. Hickman
  • Polygonum douglasii var. austiniae (Greene) M.E. Jones

Polygonum austiniae is an branching herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall.[2][4]

References
  1. Tropicos, Polygonum austiniae Greene
  2. Flora of North America, Polygonum austiniae Greene, 1885. (as austinae). Mrs. Austin's knotweed
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 212 Polygonum austinae


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