Home Flora Palaestina
Tropicos Names Specimens References Projects Images
Home Page
Name Search
Family List
Generic List
Species List
Polygonum aviculare L. Search in The Plant ListSearch in IPNISearch in Australian Plant Name IndexSearch in NYBG Virtual HerbariumSearch in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleSearch in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National HerbariumSearch in Virtual Herbaria AustriaSearch in JSTOR Plant ScienceSearch in SEINetSearch in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical GardenAfrican Plants, Senckenberg Photo GallerySearch in Flora do Brasil 2020Search in Reflora - Virtual HerbariumSearch in Living Collections Decrease font Increase font Restore font
 

Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 362–363. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/11/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project data     (Last Modified On 2/23/2012)
Nomenclature :

7. Polygonum aviculare L., Sp. Pl. 362 (1753); Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 1036 (1879).

  Type: Described from Europe, Herb. Linn. no. 510.23 (LINN).

Common name :

 ארכובית צרת-עלים
Habitat :

Disturbed habitats like fallow fields and waste places. Hula Plain, Judean Mts. Casual or rare.
Area distribution :

Temperate region of the Nortern Hemisphere.
Notes :

     Commonly and variously used in folk medicine (Herba polygoni avicularis).

 

Export To PDF Export To Word

     Resembling Polygonum arenastrum, but usually erect plant, heterophyllous. Achene with 3 convex sides, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, smooth. Fl. March-October. 2n=60.

 
 
© 2025 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
 Send feedback|Terms Of Use|API|Linking to Tropicos|FAQ|Additional Info