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Tall Knotweed

Persicaria elatior

Tall Knotweed
Photo: Jackie Miles, Betty Wood, CC BY 3.0
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Persicaria elatior, commonly known as tall knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia. It was one of eleven species selected for the Save a Species Walk campaign in April 2016; scientists walked 300 km to raise money for the collection of seeds to be prepared and stored at the Australian PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Other Persicaria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persicaria elatior 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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