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Tue, Sep 25, 12 at 17:23
| These plants were 8 to 12 inches tall, with leaves to 1 inch long by 0.125 inch wide. They had 1 to 3 flowers in each of the leaf axils. Flowers were about 0.050 inch across, and had 5 petals with green stripes.
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| Flowers look like something you'd see in the Polygonaceae. |
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| Thanks lycopus. That could be Polygonum erectum, which is very rare in this part of Arkansas. |
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| I should know by now not to rely on Internet photos. After checking the key, my plant is definitely Polygonum tenue (Pleatleaf Knotweed), which has leaves with a furrow on each side of the midrib. |
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