Polygonum arenastrum Boreau

English: Equal-leaved knotgrass

German: Gleichblättriger Vogelknöterich

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Polygonales (29)

        Family: Polygonaceae (31)(family description)

          Genus: Polygonum (8)

            Epithet: arenastrum Boreau (1)

arenastrum => resembling genus Arenaria and/or reference to sand (aren-) and star (astr-)

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

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