[Knotweeds: The Genus Polygonum East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower

Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides

Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii

Inflorescence of White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii)

The photo above shows white-margined knotweed as seen at Buckhorn Lookout in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in northeastern Oregon........July 9, 2007. Note the prominent white margins to the bracts subtending the flowers. The flowers are also shorter than these bracts.

White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii) - White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii) - White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii)

White-margined knotweed as seen in vernal pools along the old Sprague Highway between Sprague and Fishtrap.....May 11, 2016.

White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii)

White-margined knotweed as seen in vernally moist swales along the Stubblefield Trail near the northeastern corner of the southern Pine Lakes, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.......July 4, 2018.

Inflorescence of White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii) - White-margined Knotweed, Pokeweed Fleeceflower: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides (Synonyms: Polygonum confertiflorum, Polygonum kelloggii, Polygonum kelloggii var. confertiflorum, Polygonum watsonii)

White-margined knotweed as seen at Buckhorn Lookout in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in northeastern Oregon..........July 9, 2007.

Paul Slichter