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Polygonum alpinum All.
Alaska wild rhubarb

       
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Polygonum alpinum All.

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Synonyms:
Polygonum alpinum All.

  ACAL6 Aconogonum alaskanum (W. Wight ex Hultén) Soják
  ACALG Aconogonum alaskanum (W. Wight ex Hultén) Soják var. glabrescens (Hultén) H. Hinds
  ACAL9 Aconogonum alpinum (All.) Schur
  ACHU2 Aconogonum hultenianum (Yurtsev) Tzvelev
  ACHUL Aconogonum hultenianum (Yurtsev) Tzvelev var. lapathifolium (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.-P. Hong
  PLAL5 Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (All.) Nakai
  POAL5 Polygonum alaskanum W. Wight ex Hultén
  POALG Polygonum alaskanum W. Wight ex Hultén var. glabrescens Hultén
 

Distribution:
Polygonum alpinum All.

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USA (AK), CAN (NT, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygonum alpinum All.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum
 

Classification:
Polygonum alpinum All.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Polygonales
Family Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species Polygonum alpinum All. – Alaska wild rhubarb
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Polygonum alpinum All.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC NO NO

Polygonum alaskanum:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Polygonum alpinum All.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20870.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
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