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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Koenigia polystachya   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum polystachyum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Persicaria wallichii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Persicaria wallichii var. wallichii

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Polygonum polystachyum

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN -

Aconogonon polystachyum

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN -

Reynoutria polystachya

 

COMMON NAME:
Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed


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image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4284

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

Inflorescences paniclelike, mostly terminal and sometimes also axillary, per Flora of North America.

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4285

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4286

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4286b

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4287

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

This particular patch is about 60' long by 20' wide.

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4288

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_4289

September    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

Leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, without dark blotch, per Flora of North America.

image of Koenigia polystachya, Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed

Ron Lance    rwl_p_polystachyum

October    Haywood County    NC

This patch is about 15' wide by 60' long.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Koenigia polystachya   FAMILY Polygonaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum polystachyum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Persicaria wallichii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Persicaria wallichii var. wallichii

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygonum polystachyum

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN -
Aconogonon polystachyum

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN -
Reynoutria polystachya

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3932

Forb (sometimes somewhat woody at base)
Perennial

Habitat: Persistent and spreading from plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Himalayan Asia

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, petioles and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Calyx white
5-lobed rotate calyx
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence paniclelike, mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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