Polygonum maritimum L.

Renouée maritime (fr), Renouée de Ray (fr), Polygonum de Ray (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Polygonum

Characteristics

Sprawling or prostrate shrublet, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves elliptic, grey, imbricate, margins revolute, sheathing stipules conspicuous, papery, lacerate with age. Flowers 1-3 in axils, 5-merous, white to pink. Fruit longer than perianth.
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Sprawling or prostrate shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves elliptic, grey, imbricate, margins revolute, stipules conspicuous, papery, lacerate with age. Flowers 1-3 in axils, 5-merous, white to pink. Fruits longer than perianth.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Burn (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Polygonum maritimum habit picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum habit picture by Geoffrey Kahala (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum habit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Polygonum maritimum leaf picture by francoise cloteau (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum leaf picture by Anna Bartomeus (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum leaf picture by Jean-Francois Julien (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Polygonum maritimum flower picture by Anna Bartomeus (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum flower picture by Jean-Francois Julien (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum maritimum flower picture by Jean-Francois Julien (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Polygonum maritimum fruit picture by farigola1950 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Polygonum maritimum world distribution map, present in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, Montenegro, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696042-1
WFO ID wfo-0000489807
COL ID 4L9MJ
BDTFX ID 51574
INPN ID 114778
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Polygonum chilense Avicularia maritima Polygonum maritimum var. chilense Polygonum maritimum