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Polygonum arenastrum - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Neuffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2019 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum arenastrum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Neuffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2019 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum arenastrum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Neuffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2019 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2538
Date of entry: 18.11.2019
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Equal-leaved knotgrass

German: Gleichblättriger Vogelknöterich

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Polygonales (28)

        Family: Polygonaceae (30)(family description)

          Genus: Polygonum (8)

            Epithet: arenastrum Boreau (1)

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

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

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