Polygonum punctatum Elliott

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Polygonaceae Polygonum punctatum L.
det. M. Nee, 2010
DEPTO. SANTA Cruz, Prov. Ibáñez, 12 km (straight line) W
of center of La Bélgica, along Rió Cuchi.
17°33’32”S, 63°20’23”W. alt. 340 m.
The Río Cuchi now a small now-flowing stream on wide,
shallow sandy bed, with many Cyperaceae, Andropogoneae,
and with cerrado woodland (Combretum leprosum) on
sandy soil above the floodplain on both sides.
Herb, weak, rooting at lower nodes where on the ground.
Inflorescence greenish white, nodding.
Coll.: M. Nee & J. M. Mendoza F. 57336 23 Dec. 2010