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dotted knotweed
Persicaria punctata
Persicaria punctata
dotted knotweed Smartweed-Buckwheat Family
Persicaria punctata Polygonaceae
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common names
  dotted knotweed
  water smartweed
accepted scientific name
  Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small
rules for finding collection records
  Persicaria punctata (48)
  Polygonum punctatum (0)
family name
  Polygonaceae
Image Author: ©2012 Peter M. Dziuk, Minnesota Wildflowers
Image License: Author's permission
Image Source
Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals, Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.13 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Not native. Naturalized.

How Likely at this Location (16%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
where plant found
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