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Smith, R.W.

Polygonella macrophylla

Polygonella macrophylla Small

Largeleaf Jointweed

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: POMA14

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 3-1/2 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Red , Pink
Bloom Time: Oct

Distribution

USA: AL , FL

Web Reference

Webref 57 - Atlas of Florida Plants (2020) Institute for Systematic Botany
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Research Literature

Reslit 829 - Allozyme Variation in the Rare Gulf Coast Endemic Polygonella macrophylla Small (Polygonaceae) (1991) P. O. Lewis

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Polygonella macrophylla in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Polygonella macrophylla in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Polygonella macrophylla

Metadata

Record Modified: 2022-11-01
Research By: DEW

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