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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the polygonaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Antigonon leptopus	coral vine; chain of love	tender perennial (Z8-12)	pink	climbs to 40'
Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Firetail'	fleeceflower	perennial (Z5-9)	purple (late summer-fall)	3'
Eriogonum crocatum	saffron buckwheat	perennial (Z8/9-10)	yellow	12"
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum	round-headed desert buckwheat	perennial	yellow	6-16"
Eriogonum umbellatum	sulfur buckwheat	perennial (Z4-10)	yellow	3"
Fallopia aubertii	silver lace vine	perennial (Z4-8)	white (late summer-fall)	vine to 20'
Fallopia convolvulus	wild buckwheat; black bindweed	annual?	inconspicuous white (summer)	climber
Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'	Japanese knotweed	perennial (Z4-8)	white (late summer-early fall)	2-4'
Muehlenbeckia axillaris	creeping wire vine	perennial (Z6-9)	insignificant (late spring-early summer)	2-4"
Persicaria maculosa	smartweed; lady's thumb	annual	white-light pink
Persicaria polymorpha	giant fleeceflower; white dragon	perennial	white (May-June)	6'
Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's palette'	painter's palette	perennial (Z4-8)	tiny red beads (late summer)	18-24"
Polygonum aviculare	prostrate knotweed	annual
Rheum moorcroftianum			red/purple
Rheum rhabarbarum	rhubarb	perennial		to 3'

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