Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Polygonaceae
Polygonella americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Polygonaceae
Polygonella americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Polygonaceae
063-06-001
Polygonella americana

Common Name:
Southern Jointweed

Subshrub Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & possibly North Carolina
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in sandhills, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora



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...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
5 sepals (3 inner, 2 outer)
Petals absent

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Nutlet

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p229
 Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p058




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