Polygonum aviculare

Common knotgrass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. aviculare
Binomial name
Polygonum aviculare
L. 1753
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Avicularia vulgaris Didr.
  • Centinodium axillare Montandon
  • Polygonum agreste Sumner, non Polygonum agreste Sumnev.
  • Polygonum aphyllum Krock.
  • Polygonum araraticum Kom.
  • Polygonum berteroi Phil.
  • Polygonum buxiforme Small
  • Polygonum ganderbalense Munshi & Javeid
  • Polygonum heterophyllum Lindm.
  • Polygonum monspeliense Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers.
  • Polygonum neglectum Besser
  • Polygonum planum Skvortsov
  • Polygonum polyneuron Franch. & Sav.
  • Polygonum prostratum Skvortsov
  • Polygonum procumbens Gilib.
  • Polygonum retinerve Vorosch.
  • Polygonum rubescens Small
  • Polygonum scythicum Klokov
  • Polygonum striatum K. Koch
  • Polygonum uruguense H. Gross
  • Polygonum argenteum Ehrenb. ex Meisn.
  • Polygonum argenteum Skvortsov
  • Polygonum fusco-ochreatum Kom.
  • Polygonum stans Kitag.

Polygonum aviculare or common knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called prostrate knotweed, birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October. It is widespread across many countries in temperate regions, apparently native to Eurasia, naturalized in temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Polygonum aviculare L.
  2. ^ Flora of China, Polygonum aviculare Linnaeus, 1753. 萹蓄 bian xu
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Polygonum aviculare Linnaeus, 1753. Doorweed, knotgrass, renouée des oiseaux
  4. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Polygonum aviculare L., Wireweed
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Polygonum aviculare L. includes photos and European distribution map
  6. ^ Lindau, G. 1894. Beiträge zur argentinischen Flora. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19(4, Beibl. 48): 8–23 descriptions and geographic information in Latin, commentary in German
  7. ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).