Marina Dunes Preserve

Scientific name:

Polygonum paronychia

Family: Knotweeds

Blooms: Mar - Sept

Plant Height: 10 -100 cm

Habitat: Coastal dunes

About: The flowers are clustered in the leaf axils, colored from pink to white, with overlapping lobes. Leaves are cauline only, 1–2 cm, linear to lanceolate, and mainly clustered around the stem tips. Leaf margins are rolled under. Stems are reddish, and can be either prostrate or shrubby, sometimes rooting at the nodes.

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