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Polygonum tenerum, common name tall jointweed, slender jointweed, or wireweed, is a species of flowering plant. It grows in the southeastern United States including parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and southern Alabama. It is an annual in the Polygonaceae family. It grows in sandhill and dry pineland habitats. It has small wiry stems and can grow to five feet tall. The white and pink flowers. It is dioecious. It produces reddish-brown achenes
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Polygonum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Jim en Tall jointweed en Bill en slender jointweed en wireweed (from Wikipedia)
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