Polygonum americanum

Polygonum americanum, commonly called southern jointweed^[2] or American jointweed, is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family. It is native to Southeastern United States extending in scattered locations west to New Mexico. Its preferred habitat is dry, sandy areas.

Polygonum americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Polygonum
Species:	P. americanum
Binomial name
Polygonum americanum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal[1]
Synonyms
Gonopyrum americanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Pleurostena serotina (Raf.) Raf. Polygonella americana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Small Polygonella ericoides Engelm. & A.Gray Polygonella meissneriana Shuttlew. ex Meisn. Psammogonum americanum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nieuwl.

Polygonum americanum was first described in 1845.^[3] It was at one time placed in the genus Polygonella (under the name Polygonella americana), but in 2015, following a series of molecular phylogenetic studies, this genus was subsumed into Polygonum.^[4][5]

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