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Smartweed

Genus Polygonum (Persicaria) or Coccoloba

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Sergio Monteiro
ScottRasmussen, somehow I missed your sugestion, but I am correcting it now. Thank you.
ScottRasmussen
It's a smartweed, genus Polygonum (Persicaria) or Coccoloba. Hard to tell if it's native or introduced; the smartweeds really get around.

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Flowers of South America
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PublishedDecember 12, 2011

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