Polygonum tenerum
| Polygonum tenerum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. tenerum
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum tenerum Spreng.[2]
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Polygonum tenerum, common name tall jointweed, slender jointweed, or wireweed, is a species of flowering plant.[3] It grows in the southeastern United States including parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and southern Alabama.[3][4] It is an annual in the Polygonaceae family.[4] It grows in sandhill and dry pineland habitats.[5] 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[4]
Polygonella gracilis is a synonym.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Polygonella gracilis". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Polygonum tenerum Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ^ a b c "Polygonella gracilis - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". floraofalabama.org.
- ^ Sciences, College of (May 12, 2017). "Tall Jointweed (Polygonella gracilis)".