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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Persicaria wallichii var. wallichii
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
(?) LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum polystachyum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
LESS THAN Reynoutria polystachya
LESS THAN Aconogonon polystachyum
COMMON NAME:
Himalayan Knotweed, Kashmir Plume, cultivated knotweed
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Ron Lance rwl_4284
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary, paniclelike, per Flora of North America.
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Ron Lance rwl_4285
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
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Ron Lance rwl_4286
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
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Ron Lance rwl_4286b
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
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Ron Lance rwl_4287
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
This particular patch is about 60' long by 20' wide.
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Ron Lance rwl_4288
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
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Ron Lance rwl_4289
September Haywood County NC
Roadside
Leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, without dark blotch, per Flora of North America.
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Ron Lance rwl_p_polystachyum
October Haywood County NC
This patch is about 15' wide by 60' long.