Botanical family
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
14 species in this family
Herbs and shrubs with characteristic membranous sheaths (ochrea) at each node. Includes buckwheat, sorrel, dock, and Japanese knotweed.
- Leaf arrangement: alternate
- Leaf type: simple
- Growth forms: herb/shrub/vine
- Inflorescence: spike/raceme/panicle
- Fruit: trigonous achene
Species in POLYGONACEAE
- Vine Rose, Sandwich Island creeper, Coral Creeper, Coral Vine, Corallita, Mexican Coral Vine, Mexican creeper, Pink VineAntigonon leptopus
- sea grapeCoccoloba uvifera
- tapeworm plantMuehlenbeckia platyclada
- Wavy-Leaf OxygonumOxygonum sinuatum
- Chinese Knot WeedPersicaria chinensis
- Snowball FlowerPersicaria hastatoauriculata
- Tongue of buffalo, Chinese KnotweedPolygonum chinense
- Common Marsh Buckwheat, Denseflower KnotweedPolygonum glabrum
- Nepal PersicariaPolygonum nepalense
- Small KnotweedPolygonum plebeium
- Common Sheep SorrelRumex acetocella
- Toothed DockRumex dentatus
- Persicaria peduncularis
- Polygonum dichotomum
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