Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. oxyspermum

Introduced
Synonyms: Polygonum acadiense Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 554.

Leaves: ocrea prominently veined, (6.5–) 8–12 mm, distal part disintegrating, veins persistent, brown; blade green, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 5–8 times as long as wide. Flowers: perianth 3.5–5.5 mm; tepals slightly overlapping, green with pink margins, oblong to obovate, apex flat, flared. Achenes with apex exserted 1–2.5 mm from perianth, 4.1–5.5 (–6.5) mm, 1.5–2.6 times as long as wide, ± smooth.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Coastal beaches, dunes, and shores
Elevation: 0-10 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
black;brown;black;brown;yellow-green +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
exserted +  and included +
dull +  and shiny +
smooth;roughened +
2-3-gonous +, ovate +  and ovatelanceolate +
whitish yellow +
elliptic +  and oblong +
Mihai Costea +, François J. Tardif +  and Harold R. Hinds† +
C. A. Meyer & Bunge ex Ledebour +
not stipelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
narrowly elliptic;lanceolate +
coriaceous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
foliaceous +  and perfoliate +
scale-like +
just below the soil surface or and above the soil surface +  and spreading +
2-7-flowered +
distributed +
N.S. +  and Europe +
0-10 m +
adnate +, free +  and distinct +
disarticulating +  and solid +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
Coastal beaches, dunes, and shores +
compound +, branched +  and simple +
nonmembranous +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deciduous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not cucullate +, oblong +  and obovate +
slightly larger +
swollen +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
silvery +, white +  and hyaline +
disintegrating +
deciduous +  and persistent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
somewhat larger +
anatropous +, , +  and orthotropous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
accrescent +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
greenish white;pink +
campanulate +  and urceolate +
nonaccrescent +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
(2-)3(-4)-carpellate +
Index Seminum (Dorpat) +
slender;stout +
woody +  and fibrous +
Introduced +
not wiry +  and branched +
straight +
prostrate +  and ascending +
papillous-scabridulous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
2 +  and 3 +
penicillate +, fimbriate +  and capitate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
connate +  and distinct +
spreading;erect +
Polygonum acadiense +
Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. oxyspermum +
Polygonum oxyspermum +
subspecies +
overlapping +
connate +  and distinct +
oblong +  and obovate +
coriaceous +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
persistent +
green +  and blue-green +
not cushionlike +