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Polygenaceae

Page history last edited by Kayon 15 years ago

Buckwheat family

Two common genera

1.smartweed  Polygonum

 

2.curled dock Rumex crispus

Flowers: Tiny, red and green flowers; 6 petals (actually calyx lobes) in a tall, dense inflorescence atop stem.

Blooms: All year

Leaves: Lower leaves are lance-like with a curly margin.

Fruit/Seeds: Heart-shaped tiny red-brown seeds.

 

 

Characteristics

Members of the Polygonaceae Family are mostly herbaceous

Ocrea -A sheath formed at the node of a stem by the fusion of two stipules

 

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