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Pale smartweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Photo by brainpunk
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Field Notes

Description:

Small plant with long narrow leaves and long thin clusters of pink ?flowers or perhaps seeds. About 30cm tall, leaves 10-20cm long, pink clusters about same length as leaves.

Habitat:

Growing in river / flood area in subtropical suburban park.

Notes:

Plant search suggested a knotweed? Don’t recall having seen one before.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Yes lots of floods especially right where it is growing!
Yes it looks like Persicaria lapathifolia, Pale smartweed.. loves floods and you've had a few in the last 12 months?

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