Polygonum aviculare L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Knotgrass
🇫🇷 Renouée des oiseaux, Renouée Traînasse, Traînasse

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Tribe: Polygoneae
Subtribe: Polygoninae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: Polygonum aviculare

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. aviculare subsp. aviculare L., 1753, P;
P. aviculare subsp. buxiforme (Small) Costea & Tardif, 2003;
P. aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Boreau) Berher, 1887.

Photographs

img/polygonum-aviculare.webp — Polygonum aviculare

img/polygonum-aviculare-2.webp — Polygonum aviculare

Sources

Khela, S. (2012). Polygonum aviculare (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203393/2764857
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 918). Biotope.