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Smart Weed

Persicaria attenuata

Also called Hairy Knotweed, Watersmart Weed, Velvet Knotweed

Smart Weed
Photo: Ito Y, Barfod A, CC BY 4.0
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Native range
Lesser Sunda Is. (Timor) to New Guinea and N. & E. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Persicaria attenuata is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia. It typically grows in wet land or streams.

Other Persicaria plants

Amphibious Bistort · Halberdleaf tearthumb · Bearded Knotweed · Two-horned smartweed · Prickly Smartweed · Pink Headed Knotweed · Persicaria cespitosa · Chinese Knotweed · Slender Knotweed · Persicaria dichotoma · Tall Knotweed · Far Eastern Smartweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persicaria attenuata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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