| Description | Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum compactum) a very fast growing ground cover. |
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| Pronunciation | (poe-LIG-o-num) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full, shaded |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, dry |
| Flowers | green-white, small, 5-sepaled, lacking petals (apetalous), borne in loose clusters on axillary spikes |
| Fruit | 3-sided, smooth, black achenes. |
| Leaves | round to ovate, pointed, alternate, simple positioned above the swollen stem nodes |
| Stems | mottled red-brown, hollow, swollen nodes, rhizomatous |
| Dimensions | 12-18 inches tall, rhizomatous |
| Misc Facts | Polygonum is a corruption of a Greek name polygonon derived from Greek poly- (many) and gony- (knee, kneed) or gonos (offspring, seed) components with reference to the swollen-jointed stems or the many seeds. (#145) aka. Reynoutria Fleeceflower, Dwarf Japanese Fleeceflower |
| Notes & Reference | #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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