Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye
Observations recorded279
A dichotomously branched perennial herb, up to 1 m tall. Stem solid, warty, leafy below, leafless above. Leaves 2(-5) petiolate,petiole half the length of leaf, blade suborbicular, obtuse, 30-50 x 25-40 cm, cordate, usually glabrous above, verrucose below, at the base somewhat spiny on the veins, 3-veined, broader than long, margin ± undulate. Flowers pedicellate, pedicel articulate at or below the middle, 6-7 mm long. Perianth segments 6 in 2 whorls, c. 3 mm long, 1.5 mm broad, persistent in fruit. Fruit ovate-oblong, cordate, c. 1.5-1.8 x 1.2-1.5 cm. Nut ovate-oblong, dull brown; wings reddish, broad.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 63
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- NY, US, MIN, NHMUK, B, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran