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Polygonaceae

248 species · Plants

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Reynoutria compacta (Hook.fil.) Nakai

Reynoutria compacta is an East Asian plant, invasive in North America and Europe, used for food and honey production.

Rumex fueginus Phil.

Rumex fueginus is a small flowering herb native to most of North and South America that grows in moist, often saline habitats.

Rumex palustris Sm.

Rumex palustris is a wetland herb native to Europe, widely studied as a model for plant flood resistance.

Rumex triangulivalvis (Danser) Rech.fil.

Rumex triangulivalvis is a flowering plant species in Polygonaceae, native to Northern Europe and Northern America.

Rumex skottsbergii O.Deg. & I.Deg.

Rumex skottsbergii is a Rumex species native to Hawaii, used historically to treat childhood pāʻaoʻao and constipation.

Rumex brownii Campd.

Rumex brownii is a leafy perennial herb native to Australia, introduced as a weed elsewhere, with hooked seeds and edible blanched leaves.

Rumex maderensis Lowe

Rumex maderensis is a subshrub native to Madeira and the western Canary Islands, used in local folk medicine.

Rumex dentatus L.

Rumex dentatus is a flowering knotweed plant with allelopathic activity, native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Rumex arcticus Trautv.

Rumex arcticus is a perennial flowering plant native to Arctic regions, whose leaves are eaten by Alaska Natives.

Rumex hypogaeus T.M.Schust. & Reveal

Rumex hypogaeus is a herb native to South Africa, naturalised elsewhere, that grows on sandy disturbed sites and flowers year-round.

Rumex paucifolius Nutt.

Rumex paucifolius Nutt. is a variable, often dioecious perennial herb that readily hybridizes with other Rumex species.

Acanthoscyphus parishii (Parry) Small

Acanthoscyphus parishii is an annual herb endemic to California mountain areas that blooms from June to August.

Coccoloba pubescens L.

Coccoloba pubescens L., or grandleaf seagrape, is a medium-sized tree with large variable leaves, greenish-white flowers, and 2 cm-wide fruit.

Eriogonum crocatum Davidson

Conejo buckwheat is a low, silvery perennial shrub with bright yellow flowers cultivated for drought-tolerant native gardens.

Eriogonum deserticola S.Watson

Eriogonum deserticola is an intricately branched dune shrub native to the Sonoran Desert that hosts two parasitic and endemic species.

Eriogonum nummulare M.E.Jones

Eriogonum nummulare is a wild buckwheat species native to the western US Great Basin, growing as a shrub with clusters of tiny usually white flowers.

Eriogonum panamintense Morton

Eriogonum panamintense is a small clumping perennial herb with basal woolly leaves and small white to brownish flowers.

Eriogonum plumatella Durand & Hilg.

Eriogonum plumatella is a small narrow shrub with pale yellow or white flowers that sometimes grow in layered clusters.

Eriogonum bicolor M.E.Jones

Eriogonum bicolor is a small perennial herbaceous shrub found in western Colorado and central Utah.

Eriogonum coloradense Small

Eriogonum coloradense, or Colorado buckwheat, is a rare endemic flowering plant of Colorado threatened by recreation.

Eriogonum gypsophilum Wooton & Standl.

Eriogonum gypsophilum is a rare gypsum-adapted perennial wild buckwheat with three known populations in New Mexico.

Eriogonum tiehmii Reveal

Eriogonum tiehmii Reveal is a small perennial herb with blue-grey leaves that bears small round yellow blooms briefly in spring after rain.

Eriogonum zionis Howell

Eriogonum zionis, Zion or Point Sublime wild buckwheat, is a US Southwest native herb with two color-varying varieties.

Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium Gand.

This is a description of the dicot plant Eriogonum longifolium, its distribution, characteristics and traditional uses.

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