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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Polygonum pinicola

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

Polygonella gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-06-004:

Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Delopyrum gracile

 

COMMON NAME:
Wireweed, Tall Jointweed


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image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_flowers

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

Ocreola encircling rachis. Pedicels spreading in anthesis. Anthers deep red, per Flora of North America.

image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_fruits1

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

Pedicels sharply reflexed in fruit, 0.1-0.3mm, as long as subtending ocreola, per Flora of North America.

image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_fruits2

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

Outer tepals of pistillate flowers loosely appressed in anthesis, usually spreading in fruit, per Flora of North America.

image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_habitat

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_ocreae

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

Ocreae not ciliate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Polygonella gracilis, Wireweed, Tall Jointweed

Alicia Jackson    agj_pgrac_specimen

October    Hoke County    NC

Fort Bragg

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Polygonella gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-06-004:
Polygonella gracilis   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delopyrum gracile

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4648

Forb
Annual
Dioecious

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals: White
5 sepals (three inner, two outer)
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
WinterFall
Nutlet

 

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