Polygonum milletii H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Polygonum

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Rhizomes black, curved, large, 1.5-2 cm in diam. Stems usually 2 or 3 from rhizome, erect, 30-50 cm tall, simple, glabrous. Basal leaves long petiolate; petiole 8-12 cm; leaf blade greenish abaxially, green adaxially, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 10-20 × 1.5-3 cm, subleathery, abaxially glabrous or pubescent, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, decurrent along petiole forming narrow wing, margin entire, revolute, apex acuminate. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade lanceolate, smaller; ocrea: lower part green, upper part brown, tubular, membranous, apex oblique, not ciliate, cleft to middle. Inflorescence terminal, spicate, dense, 2-4 cm, 1-1.5 cm in diam.; bracts brown, ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 mm, membranous, apex acuminate. Pedicels longer than bracts, 4-6 mm, slender. Perianth purple-red, 5-parted; tepals elliptic, 4-5 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 8, exserted; anthers black-purple. Styles 3, connate to below middle; stigmas capitate. Achenes included in persistent perianth, brown, shiny, ovoid, trigonous, 3-4 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Polygonum milletii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696077-1
WFO ID wfo-0001245413
COL ID 4L9NF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygonum taipaishanense Polygonum milletii