About Small Knotweed
Polygonum plebeium, (common name - common knotweed), is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family, first described in 1810 by Robert Brown from a specimen collected in Port Jackson, Australia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygonum plebeium
- Genus
- Polygonum
- Family
- POLYGONACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Along lakeshores when water level receded
- Native to
- India, Africa, China, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
- Distribution
- Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-June
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- चिमटी साग Chimati Saag, लाल बूटी Lal Buti, मचेची Machechi
- Nepali
- बलुने साग Balune Saag, बेथे Bethe, लट्टे झार Latte Jhaar
- Bengali
- চিমটি শাক Chimati Shaak, খুদি বিষকাঁটালি Khudi Bisakamtali, মেছুয়া শাক Mechuya Shaak
- Kannada
- ಕೆಂಪು ನೆಲ ಅಕ್ಕಿ Kempu Nela Akki, ಸೀರನಿಗೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Siranige Soppu
- Malayalam
- പേരാറാത്ത Peraratha
- Marathi
- गुलाबी गोधडी Gulabi Godhadi, गुलाबी गोधडी
Botanical family
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Small Knotweed belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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