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erect knotweed
Polygonum erectum
Polygonum erectum
erect knotweed Smartweed-Buckwheat Family
Polygonum erectum Polygonaceae
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common names
  erect knotweed
  devil's shoestring
  wireweed
accepted scientific name
  •Polygonum erectum L.
rules for finding collection records
  Polygonum erectum (1178)
  exclude Polygonum erectum achoreum
family name
  • Polygonaceae
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed 2nd week of May thru end of October

How Likely at this Location (18%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
Overall Match (21%)
base map where plant found
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Grassland
Forest
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