Index / Search / Polygonum tenue
§1 Plant
Polygonum tenue Michx.
vernacular pleatleaf 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
· 484 counties across 33 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 484 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Gallatin 17059
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Jasper 18073
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Vigo 18167
- Warren 18171
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barton 20009
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Labette 20099
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rice 20159
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Nicollet 27103
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Union 42119
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POTE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334380 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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