PLANTS Profile for Polygonella polygama (October flower)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray
October flower

Symbol:

POPO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub

L48

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Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray

Synonyms:
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray

	POBR13	Polygonella brachystachya Meisn.
	POCR8	Polygonella croomii Chapm.
	POPOB	Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray var. brachystachya (Meisn.) Wunderlin
	POPOC2	Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray var. croomii (Chapm.) Fernald
	POPO18	Polygonum polygamum Vent.

Distribution:
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 11 species in Polygonella

Classification:
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray

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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	Polygonella Michx. – jointweed
Species	Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray – October flower

More Accounts and Images:
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21315.

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 01:59 AM CDT