| Accepted name: |
Polygonum aviculare L. ssp. depressum (Meisn.) Arcang. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygonum montereyense Brenckle
-Polygonum microspermum Jordan ex Boreau
-Polygonum calcatum Lindm.
-Polygonum aviculare ssp. microspermum (Jordan ex Boreau) E.-L. Berher
-Polygonum aviculare ssp. calcatum (Lindm.) Thellung
-Polygonum aviculare ssp. aequale (Lindm.) Ascherson & Graebner
-Polygonum arenastrum Jordan ex Boreau
-Polygonum aviculare var. depressum Meisn.
-Polygonum aequale Lindm.
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOLAVD
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Decoction of whole plant used for miscarriage injuries. Powdered, dry root placed in other person's tea as a love medicine. Decoction of whole plant used for lame back. Decoction of plant mixed with feed and given to heifers to restore their milk(*8)(3). |
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