Polygonella articulata (Linnaeus) Meisner. Common name: Northern Wireweed. Phenology: Sep-Oct; Oct-Nov. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dunes, and other dry, sandy habitats. Distribution: ME and s. QC west to MN, south on the Coastal Plain to VA and ne. NC, otherwise south to se. PA, NY, s. ON, MI, n. IN, n. IL, and e. IA; the record cited for GA in Jones & Coile (1988) is a misidentification.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA5, G, Il, Mi, Pa, RAB, Tat, Va, Horton (1961); = Delopyrum articulatum (L.) Small — S; = Gonopyrum articulatum (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — S13; = Polygonum articulatum L. — Can, K4, NE, NY, Schuster, Reveal, & Kron (2011). Basionym: Polygonum articulatum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Polygonella articulata - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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