| Polygonum tenue | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. tenue
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum tenue | |
Polygonum tenue, the slender knotweed or pleat-leaf knotweed, is a North American species of plants in the buckwheat family. it is widespread across south-central Canada ( Ontario) and the eastern and central United States from Maine to Georgia, west as far as Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas (though apparently now extirpated from Maine and New Hampshire). [1]
Polygonum tenue is a herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Stems are green or brown, not wiry. Leaves are narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Flowers are pink or white. [2]
| Polygonum tenue | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. tenue
|
| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum tenue | |
Polygonum tenue, the slender knotweed or pleat-leaf knotweed, is a North American species of plants in the buckwheat family. it is widespread across south-central Canada ( Ontario) and the eastern and central United States from Maine to Georgia, west as far as Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas (though apparently now extirpated from Maine and New Hampshire). [1]
Polygonum tenue is a herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Stems are green or brown, not wiry. Leaves are narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Flowers are pink or white. [2]