Family: Polygonaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Eastern and central North America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: Although ranked by IRC as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley and Woodmansee 2002), several new records have become available in several areas in South Florida. As a result, we re-ranked this as imperiled in 2014. It is apparently rare and scattered, but widespread. It is similar to other native Polygonum species, and perhaps easily overlooked.
