| Few-Flowered Knotweed |
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| Original date | 6/29/25 12:01 PM |
| Resolution | 1520 x 1140 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ35 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Persicaria praetermissa Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
Synonyms: Polygonum praetermissum, Polygonum hastatoauriculatum
Synonyms: Polygonum praetermissum, Polygonum hastatoauriculatum
Few-Flowered Knotweed is an annual herb with stems
creeping, prostrate to rising, slender, strongly retrorse-bristly.
Leaves are lanceshaped, arrow-shaped at base, 2.5-8 cm long, 0.6-1.7 cm
wide, leaf-stalk 3-12 mm long; ocrea with scattered rather spreading
hairs, hairless on upper margin. Inflorescence consists of 1-6 small,
rather isolated clusters borne on 2 or 3 relatively long branches at
5-15 mm intervals - only 1 mature flower per cluster at any one time.
Tepals are 2.7-4 mm long, pink or white. Few-Flowered Knotweed is found
in marshy areas, streamsides, at altitudes of 1400-1800 m, in NE India,
Bhutan, China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Australia.
In India it is commonly seen in Meghalaya. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Meghalaya. |
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