Persicaria polymorpha

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knotweed
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species: P. polymorpha
Binomial name
Persicaria polymorpha

Persicaria polymorpha (knotweed) is a plant in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae.

[edit] Description

Persicaria polymorpha is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on stout stems. The flowers are white, borne in summer through fall.

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