Native Plants
Polygonella americana
Polygonella americana (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Small
Southern Jointweed
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)
USDA Symbol: POAM3USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Polygonella americana
Southern Jointweed
Polygonaceae
Location: 2 km west of IH-37, extreme south Bexar Co.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, deep, sandy sosil. Among Poaceae.
Description: Woody perennial from long taproots; leaves as wide as long (5.2-12 mm). Styles and stigmas to 1 mm long. Infloresence racemes; flowers small, white; calyx petaloid with 2 outer & 3 inner sepals. Stamens-8, in 2 series.
County: Bexar
Collector: Robert N. Nelson
Collection Date: May 30, 1996
Specimen number: 1
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1077
Accession Date: May 30, 1996
Accession Number: 90
Annotations: SCXXB (In flower)