2594

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common or uncommon, depending on variety

Look for it in sandhills: var. polygamum primarily in the outer Coastal Plain north of SC, var. croomii primarily in the fall-line Sandhills and middle Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy white
Unisexual
5 sepals (three inner, two outer)
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Fall
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p058
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p005
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p108

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Polygonum polygamum +   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonella polygama   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 063-06-002:
Polygonella polygama   FAMILY Polygonaceae