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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygonella gracilis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This species grows to 2-2.5 feet tall, quite slender and erect. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonella gracilis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygonum pinicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Polygonella gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-06-004:
Polygonella gracilis FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delopyrum gracile
COMMON NAME:
Wireweed, Tall Jointweed
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_flowers
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
Ocreola encircling rachis. Pedicels spreading in anthesis. Anthers deep red, per Flora of North America.
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_fruits1
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
Pedicels sharply reflexed in fruit, 0.1-0.3mm, as long as subtending ocreola, per Flora of North America.
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_fruits2
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
Outer tepals of pistillate flowers loosely appressed in anthesis, usually spreading in fruit, per Flora of North America.
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_habitat
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_ocreae
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
Ocreae not ciliate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Alicia Jackson agj_pgrac_specimen
October Hoke County NC
Fort Bragg
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygonella gracilis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonella gracilis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygonum pinicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Polygonella gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-06-004:
Polygonella gracilis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delopyrum gracile
4648
Forb
Annual
Dioecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals: White
Unisexual
5 sepals (three inner, two outer)
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
WinterFall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p005
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p294
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p107