Polygonum molliiforme Boiss.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Polygonum

Characteristics

Herbs annual. Stems erect, usually purple-red, 5-10 cm tall, slender, 3-5 mm in diam., glabrous, internodes 1-1.5 cm. Petiole short; leaf blade spreading or curved, linear or subulate, 7-15 × 0.5-1 mm, both surfaces with conspicuous midvein, base articulate, apex mucronulate; ocrea silvery, narrowly ovate, thinly membranous, pellucid, base connate, margin entire or slightly denticulate, apex acute. Flower solitary, axillary. Pedicel short. Perianth white, 5-cleft to 3/4, membranous; tepals elliptic, 2-3 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 5, sometimes fertile ones 2 or 3; filaments dilated at base; anthers black. Styles 2, very short; stigmas capitate. Achenes equaling or slightly exceeding persistent perianth, shiny, ovoid, biconvex, ca. 2 mm, smooth, apex acute. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Polygonum molliiforme world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696098-1
WFO ID wfo-0001101586
COL ID 4L9P3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygonum molliiforme