Polygonum honanense H.W.Kung

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Rhizomes subglobose, large. Stems erect, ca. 30 cm tall, glabrous, simple, slenderly striate. Basal leaves: petiole large, 2-3 cm; leaf blade orbicular-ovate, 3-6 × 3-4.5 cm, subleathery, both surfaces glabrous, base subcordate, decurrent along petiole forming a wing, margin slightly revolute, apex obtuse. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade ovate or lanceolate; ocrea: lower part green, upper part brown, tubular, membranous, dehiscent, not ciliate. Inflorescence terminal, spicate, dense, 3-4 cm, ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; bracts brown, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 mm, membranous, apex acuminate, each 3-flowered. Pedicels longer than bracts, slender. Perianth pinkish, 5-parted; tepals narrowly elliptic, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 8, exserted. Styles 3; stigmas capitate. Achenes light brown, shiny, ovoid, trigonous, equaling persistent perianth, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Polygonum honanense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51006761-1
WFO ID wfo-0001243079
COL ID 4L9GW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygonum honanense