Polygonum aviculare




Family Polygonaceae
Subfamily Polygonoideae
Scientific name Polygonum aviculare L.
Synonyms Centinodium agrestinum (Jordan ex Boreau) Fourreau; Centinodium aviculare (L.) Fourreau; Centinodium axillare Montandon; Centinodium humifusum (Jordan ex Boreau) Fourreau; Centinodium rurivagum (Jordan ex Boreau) Fourreau; Persicaria fauriei (H. Léveillé & Vaniot ex H. Léveillé) Nakai; Polygonum aequale Lindman; Polygonum agrestinum Jordan ex Boreau; Polygonum arenastrum Boreau; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. aequale (Lindman) Ascherson & Graebner; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. buxiforme (Small) Costea & Tardif; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. calcatum (Lindman) Thellung; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. depressum (Meisner) Arcangeli; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. heterophyllum Ascherson & Graebner; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. microspermum (Jordan ex Boreau) Berher; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. neglectum (Besser) Arcangeli; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. rectum Chrtek; Polygonum aviculare L. subsp. rurivagum (Jordan ex Boreau) Berher; Polygonum aviculare L. var. angustifolium Michaux; Polygonum aviculare L. var. angustissimum Meisner; Polygonum aviculare L. var. buxifolium Ledebour; Polygonum aviculare L. var. depressum Meisner; Polygonum aviculare L. var. erectum (L.) Meisner; Polygonum aviculare L. var. erectum Ledebour; Polygonum aviculare L. var. heterophyllum Munshi & Javeid; Polygonum aviculare L. var. heterophyllum Ascherson & Graebner; Polygonum aviculare L. var. latifolium Michaux; Polygonum aviculare L. var. littorale (Link) Mertens & Koch; Polygonum aviculare L. var. monspeliense (Thiébaut-de-Berneaud ex Persoon) Chrtek; Polygonum aviculare L. var. polycnemiforme Lecoq & Lamotte; Polygonum aviculare L. var. procumbens Meisner; Polygonum aviculare L. var. rurivagum (Jordan ex Boreau) Gentil; Polygonum aviculare L. var. vulgare Desvaux; Polygonum buxifolium Nuttall ex Bongard; Polygonum buxiforme Small; Polygonum calcatum Lindman; Polygonum centinodium Lamarck; Polygonum crassinerve Casati; Polygonum debeauxii Legrand; Polygonum denudatum Desvaux ex Boreau; Polygonum erectum L.; Polygonum fauriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot ex H. Léveillé; Polygonum gymnopus Franchet & Savatier; Polygonum heterophyllum Lindman; Polygonum heterophyllum Lindman subsp. rurivagum (Jordan ex Boreau) Lindman; Polygonum heterophyllum Lindman var. angustissimum (Meisner) Lindman; Polygonum humifusum Jordan ex Boreau; Polygonum littorale Link; Polygonum littorale Link var. sitchense Small; Polygonum meyenii C. Koch; Polygonum microspermum Jordan ex Boreau; Polygonum monspeliense Thiébaut-de-Berneaud ex Persoon; Polygonum montereyense Brenckle; Polygonum neglectum Besser; Polygonum polycnemiforme (Lecoq & Lamotte) Boreau; Polygonum provinciale C. Koch; Polygonum rectum (Chrtek) Scholz; Polygonum rurivagum Jordan ex Boreau
Common name (Japanese common name) michi yanagi (ミチヤナギ, 道柳 [meaning: roadside willow])
(English common name) blood-wort, bird's-knotgrass, centynody
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) worldwide
Habitat Roadside, field
Chromosomal number 2n=60
Description Plants 10-40cm tall. Leaves 1.5-4cm long. Flowers green perianths ca. 2.5-3mm long, flowering in May to October. Fruits ca. 3mm long. Annual plants.
Reference Polygonum aviculare L.
Polygonum aviculare L.



September 2006
at roadside
September 2006
at roadside
September 2006
at roadside



September 2006
at roadside
September
2006 at roadside
September 2006
at roadside