Koenigia phytolaccifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Koenigia |
Species: | K. phytolaccifolia
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Binomial name | |
Koenigia phytolaccifolia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Koenigia phytolaccifolia ( synonym Aconogonon phytolaccifolium) is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family, [1] known by the common name poke knotweed.
Koenigia phytolaccifolia is a perennial herb up to 200 cm (79 in) tall. The lance-shaped or pointed oval leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long and borne on petioles. The leaves have large stipules which form reddish ochrea up to 3 centimetres (1.2 inches) long. The inflorescence is a long array of branching cluster of many white or greenish flowers. Each flower is about 4 millimetres (0.16 inches) wide and has tiny protruding stamens tipped with yellow or pink anthers. [2]
Koenigia phytolaccifolia is native to the western United States: California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana. [3] [4] [5]
Koenigia phytolaccifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Koenigia |
Species: | K. phytolaccifolia
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Binomial name | |
Koenigia phytolaccifolia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Koenigia phytolaccifolia ( synonym Aconogonon phytolaccifolium) is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family, [1] known by the common name poke knotweed.
Koenigia phytolaccifolia is a perennial herb up to 200 cm (79 in) tall. The lance-shaped or pointed oval leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long and borne on petioles. The leaves have large stipules which form reddish ochrea up to 3 centimetres (1.2 inches) long. The inflorescence is a long array of branching cluster of many white or greenish flowers. Each flower is about 4 millimetres (0.16 inches) wide and has tiny protruding stamens tipped with yellow or pink anthers. [2]
Koenigia phytolaccifolia is native to the western United States: California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana. [3] [4] [5]