Polygonum cascadense

Species of flowering plant

Polygonum cascadense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. cascadense
Binomial name
Polygonum cascadense
W.H.Baker 1949

Polygonum cascadense is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Cascade knotweed. It has been found only in the State of Oregon in the northwestern United States, in the Cascades and in the Blue Mountains.[1]

Description

Polygonum cascadense is an herb with a green or red zigzag stem up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It produces small groups of white flowers with red anthers.[2]

References

  1. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Polygonum cascadense W. H. Baker, 1949. Cascade knotweed
  • Paul Slichter, The Knotweeds and Smartweeds of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Cascades Polygonum, Polygonum cascadense photos
  • Oregon Flora Image Project, University of Hawai'i photos
Taxon identifiers
Polygonum cascadense


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