Index / Search / Polygonum erectum
§1 Plant
Polygonum erectum L.
vernacular erect knotweed — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 481 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 481 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Calloway 21035
- Carroll 21041
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Harrison 29081
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Mississippi 29133
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Franklin 39049
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Amherst 51009
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Green Lake 55047
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Marinette 55075
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POER2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334437 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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