Persicaria lapathifolia

Pale Knotweed at Cooleman, NSW

Persicaria lapathifolia at Cooleman, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Persicaria lapathifolia at Cooleman, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Persicaria lapathifolia at Cooleman, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Persicaria lapathifolia at Cooleman, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Persicaria lapathifolia at Cooleman, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
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Identification history

Persicaria lapathifolia 15 Feb 2021 RWPurdie
Unidentified 13 Feb 2021 alexwatt

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User's notes

Growing in the dry creekbed. Funny story, while we were there the creek started flowing again (overnight rain) and they all got flooded!

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Persicaria lapathifolia Scientific name
  • Pale Knotweed Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1674.32m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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