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Polygonum americanum
Also called Southern Jointweed
Polygonum americanum, commonly called southern jointweed or American jointweed, is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family. It is native to Southeastern United States extending in scattered locations west to New Mexico. Its preferred habitat is dry, sandy areas.
Polygonum americanum was first described in 1845. It was at one time placed in the genus Polygonella (under the name Polygonella americana), but in 2015, following a series of molecular phylogenetic studies, this genus was subsumed into Polygonum.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polygonum americanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
