View source for Polygonum parryi

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|accepted_name=Polygonum parryi
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=8: 99. 1881
|year=1881
}}
|common_names=Parry’s or prickly knotweed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Polygonum;Polygonum sect. Duravia;Polygonum parryi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Polygonum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Polygonum sect. Duravia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Polygonum parryi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 561
|treatment_page=page 563
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> compact, often cushion-like. <b>Stems</b> erect, green-brown, simple or branched from base, not wiry, 2–5(–8) cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> ± uniformly distributed, dense, not articulated to ocreae, basal leaves ± persistent, distal leaves gradually reduced to bracts; ocrea 2–4(–5) mm, glabrous, proximal part cylindric, distal part deeply lacerate, disintegrating into white, curled fibers; petiole absent; blade 3-veined, without pleats, linear-lanceolate, subulate, 5–13(–20) × 0.4–1 mm, margins revolute, smooth, apex spine-tipped. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary; cymes in most axils, 1-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> absent. <b>Flowers</b> closed; perianth 1.5–2(–2.5) mm; tube 6–15% of perianth length; tepals overlapping, usually reddish with white margins, petaloid, oblong, navicular, apex acute; midveins unbranched; stamens 8. <b>Achenes</b> slightly exserted from perianth at maturity, dark brown, ovate, 1.2–1.6(–2) mm, faces subequal, shiny, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–July.
|habitat=Vernally moist, open, sandy or rocky places
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Wash.
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name=Polygonum parryi
|author=
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–July.
|habitat=Vernally moist, open, sandy or rocky places
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1881
|special status=
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Polygonum
|section=Polygonum sect. Duravia
|species=Polygonum parryi
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