Polygonum erectum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 363. 1753.

Common names: Erect knotweed renouée dressée
WeedyEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 550. Mentioned on page 549, 551.

Plants light green or yellowish, heterophyllous. Stems erect to ascending, sparingly branched in distal 1/2, not wiry, 15–75 cm. Leaves: ocrea 7–12 mm, proximal part cylindric, distal part usually persistent, with strong veins, margins entire or lacerate, silvery, later disintegrating into ± persistent brown fibers; petiole 1–5 mm; blade light green or yellowish, elliptic to obovate, 30–60(–80) × (8–)10–25 mm, margins flat, apex obtuse; stem leaves 1.5–3.5(–4) times longer than branch leaves; distal leaves overtopping flowers in distal part of inflorescence. Inflorescences axillary; cymes in axils of most leaves and toward tips of stems and branchs, 1–5-flowered. Pedicels mostly exserted from ocreae, 3–7 mm. Flowers closed; perianth 2.8–3.8(–4.2) mm; tube 20–37% of perianth length; tepals overlapping, green with yellowish, rarely whitish green, margins, sepaloid, not keeled, oblong to obovate, cucullate; midveins branched, moderately to heavily thickened; stamens 7–8. Achenes enclosed in perianth, brown to tan, ovate, 3-gonous, 2.3–3.5 mm, faces subequal, ± concave, apex not beaked, edges concave, dull, striate-tubercled; late-season achenes uncommon, 4–5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Dry, waste ground
Elevation: 10-300 m

Distribution

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Alta., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Polygonum erectum was cultivated in the midwest by Native Americans for its starchy seeds (C. M. Scarry 1993). It was formerly confused with P. achoreum (T. R. Mertens and P. H. Raven 1965).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Polygonum erectum"
Mihai Costea +, François J. Tardif +  and Harold R. Hinds† +
Linnaeus +
Erect knotweed +  and renouée dressée +
Alta. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
10-300 m +
Dry, waste ground +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Weedy +  and Endemic +
Polygonum erectum +
Polygonum sect. Polygonum +
species +