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Tree hogweed

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Scientific Name
Polygonum patulum
Pest Alias
Red-knotgrass, Fallopia patulum
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Polygoneae
Genus:
Polygonum
Species:
Polygonum patulum

Polygonum patulum, called tree hogweed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family. It is native to the Mediterranean region, eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, Mongolia, and the Province of Xinjiang in northwestern China.[3][4][5] It has also become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Australia and North America.[2][6]

Description

Polygonum patulum is an erect or semi-erect annual herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. Leaves are green or blue-green, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Flowers are green, pink, or white.[7]

References

 

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Tree hogweed

Polygonum patulum
Scientific Name
Polygonum patulum
Pest Alias
Red-knotgrass, Fallopia patulum
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Polygoneae
Genus:
Polygonum
Species:
Polygonum patulum

Polygonum patulum, called tree hogweed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family. It is native to the Mediterranean region, eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, Mongolia, and the Province of Xinjiang in northwestern China.[3][4][5] It has also become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Australia and North America.[2][6]

Description

Polygonum patulum is an erect or semi-erect annual herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. Leaves are green or blue-green, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Flowers are green, pink, or white.[7]

References

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Polygonum patulum", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.