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Polygonaceae
Polygonella

not marked as a favorite taxon Polygonella myriophylla (Small) Horton. Common name: Woody Wireweed, Sandlace, Small’s Jointweed. Phenology: (Apr-) Jul-Sep (-Nov). Habitat: White and yellow-sand scrub and xeric sandhills. Also sometimes occurring in scrubby flatwoods and along sandy firelanes adjacent to scrub. Distribution: C. FL peninsula, north to Lake and Orange counties. 90% or more of populations occurring on the Lake Wales Ridge.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Often occurring abundantly along disturbed sandy firelanes, where its long-sprawling habitat allows for quick recovery from disturbance.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA5, WH3, Horton (1961); = Dentoceras myriophylla Small — S; = Polygonum dentoceras T.M.Schust. & Reveal — K4, Schuster, Reveal, & Kron (2011). Basionym: Dentoceras myriophylla Small 1924

Links to other floras: = Polygonella myriophylla - FNA5

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