Polygonella gracilis (Nuttall) Meisner. Common name: Wireweed. Phenology: Late Aug-Oct; Oct-Jan. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: Sc. NC south to s. FL, west to s. MS, perhaps adventive toward the northern part of the range.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA5, RAB, S13, WH3, Horton (1961); = Delopyrum gracile (Meisn.) Small — S, nom. illeg.; = Polygonum pinicola T.M.Schust. & Reveal — K4, Schuster, Reveal, & Kron (2011); = Polygonum tenerum Spreng. Basionym: Polygonella gracilis (Nutt.) Meisn. 1856 "Urbasionym:" Polygonum gracile Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Polygonella gracilis - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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