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Knotweed

Polygonum heterophyllum

Also called Knotweed Family, Buckwheat Family, Buckwheat, Dock Family

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

About

Polygonum heterophyllum Sol. ex Meisn. is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. It was first described by Daniel Solander in 1856.

(Polygonum heterophyllum Lindm. is a different species and is a synonym of Polygonum aviculare.)

Other Polygonum plants

Leathery knotweed · Knotweed · Polygonum albanicum · Polygonum amgense · European knotweed · Oval-leaf knotweed · Austin's Knotweed · Prostrate knotweed · Narrowleaf knotweed · Bidwell's knotweed · Bolander's knotweed · Northern Knotgrass

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

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