Polygonum rurivagumJord. ex Boreau

WFO wfo-0000489194 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Luca Fornasari
fig. a Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0 / 2013-10-09 / obs. 108593214
Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Luca Fornasari
fig. b Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108593220
Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Luca Fornasari
fig. c Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108593221
Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Luca Fornasari
fig. d Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108593226
Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. e Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84842917
Polygonum rurivagum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. f Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84842921

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Polygonum rurivagum is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Altay, Buryatiya, Krasnoyarsk, North Caucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, West Siberia, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAltayBuryatiyaKrasnoyarskNorth CaucasusTürkiyeTuvaWest SiberiaAustriaBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Polygonum rurivagum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Krasnoyarsk KRA
North Caucasus NCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) Berher
  • Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Polygonum heterophyllum subsp. rurivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) Lindm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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