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Family: Polygonaceae
Polygonum capitatum

Citation: Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 73 (1825).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Prostrate perennial with glandular hairs; stems wiry, to 1.5 m long or more; leaves ovate, to 5.5 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, lamina partly red.

flowers in dense hemispherical heads c. 1 cm diam.; perianth pink.

Nut trigonous, c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, shining.

Distribution:    naturalised in N.S.W.   Introduced from the Himalyas.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: most of the year.


SA Distribution Map based
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specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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