Polygonum aviculare Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 10251

Polygonum aviculare L.

Prostrate knotweed

2016 John Doyen

2008 Keir Morse

2010 Lee Dittmann

2008 Keir Morse

2012 Aaron Arthur

2015 Phil Pullen

Polygonum aviculare, a dicot, is an annual or perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1331 records) Plant Characteristics

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Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Polygonum
Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. aviculare ... ssp. buxiforme ... ssp. depressum ... ssp. neglectum ... ssp. rurivagum

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: wetland-riparian, weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by ICPN + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Polygonum aviculare var. vegetum
PLANTS	Polygonum heterophyllum
PLANTS	Polygonum monspeliense

More information about Polygonum aviculare


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (POAV) BONAP Distribution Map	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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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]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/13/2021).