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Cressler, Alan

Polygonella myriophylla

Polygonella myriophylla (Small) Horton

Small's Jointweed

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

Synonym(s): Dentoceras myriophylla

USDA Symbol: POMY2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 6 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Yellow
Bloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov

Distribution

USA: FL

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened & Endangered Status

USFWS Species Profile: Q20S
Status: Endangered
Historic Range: U.S.A. (FL)
Critical Habitat: N/A
Special Rules: N/A
This information is derived from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serrvice Environmental Conservation Online System.

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.

Research Literature

Reslit 1471 - Species and vegetation responses to prescribed fire in a long-unburned, endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge scrub (2003) C. W. Weekley and E. S. Menges
Reslit 1476 - Allelochemicals of Polygonella myriophylla: Chemistry and soil degradation (2004) J. D. Weidenhamer and J. T. Romeo
Reslit 1609 - Allelopathic properties of Polygonella myriophylla: Field evidence and bioassays (1989) J. D. Weidenhamer and J. T. Romeo
Reslit 1910 - Keltonia rubrofemorata Knight and K. wheeleri Henry (Hemiptera : Miridae): distributions, host plants, habitats, and seasonality of specialists on Polygonella spp. (Polygonaceae) (2004) A. G. Wheeler

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

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

Metadata

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

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