Aconogonon alaskanum

Aconogonon alaskanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Aconogonon
Species:	A. alaskanum
Binomial name
	Aconogonon alaskanum; (Small) Soják 1974
Synonyms[1]
	Synonymy Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross ; Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur ; Gononcus undulatus Raf. ; Persicaria undulata (Raf.) H.Gross ; Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (All.) Kitag. ; Pleuropteropyrum jeholense Kitag. ; Pleuropteropyrum undulatum (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve ; Polygonum alaskanum (Small) W. Wight ex Hultén ; Polygonum alpinum All. ; Polygonum jeholense (Kitag.) Baranov & Skvortsov ex S.X. Li & Y.L. Chang ; Polygonum undulatum Murray 1775, not P.J. Bergius 1767 ;

Aconogonon alaskanum is an Asian and North American species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family known by the common name Alaska wild-rhubarb.

Distribution

Aconogonon alaskanum is native to Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territory, and Chukotka (Chukchi) region of Arctic Russia.^[2]^[3]

Description

Aconogonon alaskanum is a perennial herb up to 200 centimeters (almost 7 feet) tall, with a woody root. Flowers are white or pale green, borne in elongated arrays.^[4]

References

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[1] The Plant List, Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross

[2] Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map

[3] Pan-Arctic Flora, 410501 Aconogonon alaskanum (Wight ex Hultén) Soják

[mabel-4] Flora of North America, Aconogonon alaskanum (Small) Soják, 1974. Alaska wild-rhubarb