Polygonella

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Polygonaceae

• Scientific Name

  Polygonella Michx.

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls perfect or unisexual; tep 5, petaloid, persistent and ± accrescent; stamens 8 (5 + 3), the filaments sometimes dimorphic; ovary trigonous; styles 3, distinct; stigmas capitate; fr a smooth, sharply trigonous achene, subtended and loosely invested by the perianth; embryo slender, straight or nearly so; taprooted herbs or subshrubs of somewhat heathlike aspect, commonly freely branched, with small lvs and white to red fls in compound racemes, each fl solitary in the axil of a sheathing bract; lvs jointed to the summit of the ocrea; pedicels articulated just above the base. 10, N. Amer.

• Common Names

  jointweed