Atraphaxis frutescens

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderCaryophyllales
5. FamilyPolygonaceae

Native toAltay, China North-Central, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Qinghai, South European Russia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan

Observations recorded1,425

Shrubs 50-100 cm tall, much branched. Stem stout, with gray-brown bark; epidermis splitting fibrously; woody branches spreading, tortuous, slender, apex obtuse, without spines; herbaceous branchlets of current year straight or slightly flexuous, slowly lignified, glabrous or papillate-hairy, apex with leaves or flowers. Leaves blue-green to gray-green, narrowly lanceolate, lanceolate, or oblong, 1-2.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm, glabrous or papillate-hairy, with prominent midvein and faint pinnate veins, base gradually narrowing into a short petiole, margin often revolute, apex acuminate or obtuse, with a short point; ocrea brown at base, cylindric, 2-5 mm, membranous, pellucid; upper part cleft into 2 sharp teeth. Pedicel 5-8 mm, jointed at or slightly below middle. Flowers fewer in terminal racemes (4-6 cm). Tepals pink, with white margin; outer tepals broadly ovate, ca. 2/3 as long as above jointed portion of pedicel; inner tepals orbicular or broadly elliptic, rarely oblong, 4-7 × 4-6 mm, base nearly cuneate or cordate, margin entire or revolute, apex rounded or obtuse. Achenes dark brown, shiny, narrowly ovoid, trigonous, smooth, apex acuminate. Fl. and fr. May-Aug.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

60

With media

60

Family

Polygonaceae

Collections

UAM, NY, US, MOR, BRIT, CM

Recorded in

United States, Russian Federation, China, Kazakhstan, France, Poland, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Subclass of

shrub

Parent taxon

Atraphaxis

Image

Loddiges 489 Polygonum frutescens drawn by W Miller.jpg

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