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Downloaded from BHL 10 February 2025.Small, J. K. (1895) ...
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[Plate 54.]
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54. Polygonum Kelloggii Greene.
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Polygonum Kelloggii Greene, Fl. Francis. 134 (1891).
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Polygonum coardatum var. minus Meisner in DC. Prodr. 14 : 101 (1856),
not P. minus Huds.; S. Watson, Bot. King's Exp. 316.
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Annual, low, slender, glabrous throughout, somewhat scurfy. Stem mostly erect,
1-5 cm. long, divergently branched from near the base, more or less four-angled, in some
cases slightly winged, internodes of the branches very short; leaves linear or linear-
lanceolate, .4-1 cm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, acute, sessile, crowded on the branches but
spreading and not imbricated, much the same size throughout, joined to the ocreae by
inconspicuous articulations; ocreae funnelform, 1-2 mm. long, oblique, thin and early
lacerate ; inflorescence axillary, consisting of clusters with several flowers, almost contigu-
ous on account of the very short internodes, the branches appearing like leafy racemes ;
pedicels .5 mm. long; calyx green, nearly 2 mm. long, five-parted to near the base, the
segments oblofig, obtuse, with whitish or cream-colored margins; stamens about five,
included; style often almost wanting; achene triquetrous, 1.5 mm. long, rhombic-ovoid,
light-brown, granular, somewhat striate, dull.
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Washington south to California and Colorado.
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Article records that use this photograph:
Other photos about Species - Polygonaceae or Polygonum polygaloides kelloggii.
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation