Aconogonon alaskanum

Aconogonon alaskanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core 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]

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