Specimen Label Details, UVU Herbarium

Polygonaceae ¦ Polygonum ¦ Polygonum bistorta ¦ 09743

Label

Accession No.	09743
Family	Polygonaceae
Species	Polygonum bistorta L.
Subspecies	ssp. plumosum (Small) Hulten
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (3603) 21 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography	Canada, Yukon Territory,
Lat./Long.	64° 57' 19" N, 138° 15 ' 25" W at 3034 feet (925 m)
Locality	along Dempster Highway at km 131.
Ecology	Limestone scree slopes, tundra community.

Taxonomy

Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum (Small) Boivin
     Polygonum bistorta ssp. plumosum (Small) Hultén
     Polygonum plumosum Small

Common Name(s): meadow bistort.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=529776, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Polygonum
                                        Species: Polygonum bistorta
                                            Variety: Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum

Images

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Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

09741 Braya humilis ssp. humilis "low northern rockcress" same section
09738 Campanula aurita    "Yukon bellflower" same section
09737 Dryopteris fragrans    "fragrant woodfern" same section
09742 Physaria calderi    "Calder's bladderpod" same section
09739 Rubus chamaemorus    "cloudberry" same section
09740 Selaginella sibirica    "Siberian spikemoss" same section

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
09741	Braya humilis ssp. humilis "low northern rockcress"	same section
09738	Campanula aurita "Yukon bellflower"	same section
09737	Dryopteris fragrans "fragrant woodfern"	same section
09742	Physaria calderi "Calder's bladderpod"	same section
09739	Rubus chamaemorus "cloudberry"	same section
09740	Selaginella sibirica "Siberian spikemoss"	same section

Locale

Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Polygonum bistorta L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database

University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Polygonum+bistorta

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