Fallopia × conollyana

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Haringey Knotweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Fallopia
Species: F. × conollyana
Binomial name
Fallopia × conollyana

Haringey Knotweed (Fallopia × conollyana) is a hybrid between the Russian vine and the Japanese knotweed. The only known wild British population of this remarkable plant was discovered (“new to science”) by David Bevan at Railway Fields in 1987.[1] It is also known as the Railway-yard knotweed.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Haringey’s Biodiversity Action Plan, September 2004.