Calflora: Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum

Taxon Report 11034

Polygonum aviculare L. ssp. depressum (Meisn.) Arcangeli

Prostrate knotweed

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Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum, a dicot, is an annual or perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.


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Plant Characteristics
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Bloom Period

Family:	POLYGONACEAE
Genus:	Polygonum
Parent Record	Polygonum aviculare

Communities:	weed, characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:	Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

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Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2

Alternate Names:
(according to)

TJM2:

Polygonum arenastrum

More information about Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria		Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2016. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Sep 29, 2016).

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