View source for Polygonum californicum

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|accepted_name=Polygonum californicum
|accepted_authority=Meisner in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=14: 100. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Duravia californica
|authority=(Meisner) Greene
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygonum greenei
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Polygonum;Polygonum sect. Duravia;Polygonum californicum
|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 californicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 561
|treatment_page=page 564
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs.</b> Stems erect, green, simple or divaricately branched, ± wiry, 4–40 cm, papillose-scabridulous. <b>Leaves</b> uniformly distributed, not articulated to ocreae, basal leaves usually caducous, distal leaves abruptly reduced to bracts; ocrea 5–10 mm, glabrous or papillose-scabridulous, proximal part cylindric, distal part white or tawny, disintegrating into ± bristly-fringed fibers; petiole absent; blade 3-veined, without pleats, linear, 5–25(–30) × 0.5–2 mm, margins revolute, papillose-denticulate or smooth, apex mucronate or weakly spine-tipped. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary; cymes in distal axils, 1-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> absent. <b>Flowers</b> open or closed; perianth 2.5–3.5 mm; tube 10–20% of perianth length; tepals overlapping, uniformly white to pink, petaloid, elliptic, navicular, apex acute to acuminate; midveins unbranched; stamens 8. <b>Achenes</b> enclosed in or slightly exserted from perianth, brown, narrowly elliptic, 1.8–2.2 mm, faces subequal, shiny, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Sep.
|habitat=Open places, including serpentine
|elevation=40-1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
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name=Polygonum californicum
|author=
|authority=Meisner in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Duravia californica;Polygonum greenei
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Sep.
|habitat=Open places, including serpentine
|elevation=40-1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1856
|special status=
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Polygonum
|section=Polygonum sect. Duravia
|species=Polygonum californicum
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