Polygonum arenastrum

Polygonum arenastrum, commonly known as equal-leaved knotgrass, is a summer annual flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. Other common names include common knotweed, prostrate knotweed, mat grass, oval-leaf knotweed, stone grass, wiregrass, and door weed, as well as many others. It is native to Europe and can be found on other continents as an introduced species and a common noxious weed. Knotweed was first seen in North America in 1809 and is now seen across much of the United States and Canada.

Polygonum arenastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. arenastrum
Binomial name
Polygonum arenastrum
Boreau 1857
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Polygonum acetosellum Klokov
  • Polygonum aequale Lindm.
  • Polygonum arenastrum subsp. calcatum (Lindm.) Wissk.
  • Polygonum arenastrum subsp. microspermum (Jord. ex Boreau) H.Scholz
  • Polygonum aviculare subsp. aequale (Lindm.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Polygonum aviculare subsp. calcatum (Lindm.) Thell.
  • Polygonum calcatum Lindm.
  • Polygonum ebracteatum Munshi & Javeid
  • Polygonum microspermum Jord. ex Boreau
  • Polygonum montereyense Brenckle
  • Polygonum propinquum Ledeb.
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