Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A.Gray is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A.Gray
Polygonella polygama, the october-flower, is a US southeast coastal plain endemic flowering plant of xeric fire-dependent habitats.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
This species has the accepted scientific name Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A.Gray, and it is also referenced as Polygonum polygamum. It is a flowering plant species commonly known by the common name october-flower. It is endemic to the southeast coastal plain of the United States. It grows in xeric, fire-dependent habitats within this region. These habitats include longleaf pine sandhill and Florida scrub.
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Eriogonum strictum Benth.
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Muehlenbeckia axillaris (Hook.fil.) Walp.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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