Polygonum austiniae
| Polygonum austiniae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. austiniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum austiniae Greene 1885
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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 is an branching herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall.[2][4] Its habitats include sagebrush plains and ponderosa-pine forest.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos, Polygonum austiniae Greene
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Polygonum austiniae Greene, 1885. (as austinae). Mrs. Austin's knotweed
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 212 Polygonum austinae
- ^ "Polygonum austiniae". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
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