[The Buckwheat Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Alaska Wild Rhubarb, Alpine Knotweed, Alpine Smartweed, Wild Rhubarb

Polygonum alpinum

Synonyms: Aconogonum alaskanum, Aconogonum alaskanum var. glabrescens, Aconogonon alpinum, Aconogonum hultenianum, Aconogonum hultenianum var. lapathifolium, Pleuropteropyrum alpinum, Polygonum alaskanum, Polygonum alaskanum var. glabrescens

Alaska Wild Rhubarb, Alpine Knotweed, Alpine Smartweed, Wild Rhubarb: Polygonum alpinum (Synonyms: Aconogonum alaskanum, Aconogonum alaskanum var. glabrescens, Aconogonon alpinum, Aconogonum hultenianum, Aconogonum hultenianum var. lapathifolium, Pleuropteropyrum alpinum, Polygonum alaskanum, Polygonum alaskanum var. glabrescens)

Wild rhubarb as seen along the access road up the north side of Quigley Ridge, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 18, 2012.

Inflorescence and upper stem leaves of Alaska Wild Rhubarb, Alpine Knotweed, Alpine Smartweed, Wild Rhubarb: Polygonum alpinum (Synonyms: Aconogonum alaskanum, Aconogonum alaskanum var. glabrescens, Aconogonon alpinum, Aconogonum hultenianum, Aconogonum hultenianum var. lapathifolium, Pleuropteropyrum alpinum, Polygonum alaskanum, Polygonum alaskanum var. glabrescens)

Wild rhubarb as seen along the access road up the north side of Quigley Ridge, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 18, 2012.

Wild Rhubarb: Polygonum alaskanum

Wild rhubarb photographed at Camp Denali.............June 25, 2002.
Paul Slichter