| Name | Polygonum careyi Olney |
| Authorship | Olney |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Polygonum Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:695525-1 |
| Citation | 1847 Proc. Providence Franklin soc. 1: 29 |
| Holdings | 175 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polygonum careyi Olney |
| Identification made in | [no date] (172), 2011 (2), 2017 (1) |