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mile-a-minute weed

Persicaria perfoliata

Mile-a-minute weed is a fast-growing plant that can climb over other plants and fences. It has bright green leaves and tiny, blue flowers that attract butterflies and bees!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The mile-a-minute weed has distinctive light green, triangular (arrowhead-shaped) leaves, often with a dark blotch in the center. Its slender, reddish stems are covered in tiny, backward-pointing barbs, making it feel rough to the touch. Tiny, white, or pale pink flowers appear in clusters at the leaf nodes.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its unique seeds wear a tiny blue "hat" that helps them float on water!

The plant's stems have tiny, backward-pointing hooks, making it clingy like Velcro!

This plant can grow almost a foot (30 cm) in just ONE day!

Young leaves taste like spinach with a tangy kick and are safe to eat raw!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Rapid Ascent

Mile-a-minute weed can grow up to 15 cm daily, quickly climbing over and smothering other plants for sunlight.

Fähigkeit

Barbed Grapplers

It has sharp, hooked barbs on its stems that help it grip and climb aggressively over any support.

Fähigkeit

Floating Seed Power

Its blue-black seeds are buoyant, allowing water to carry them far from the parent plant for dispersal.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-600 cm
Blütengröße
0.2-0.4 cm
Blütezeit
Summer-fall
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Selbstbestäubung

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Mile-a-minute weevil

Rhinoncomimus latipes

Its leaves are eaten by this specialized biocontrol weevil.

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Its small flowers attract various generalist insect pollinators.

eaten by

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Many bird species eat its distinctive blue-black seeds.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Be careful not to touch the plant too much, as it can be prickly.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von mile-a-minute weed?

30-600 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von mile-a-minute weed?

0.2-0.4 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von mile-a-minute weed?

Summer-fall

Was ist der/die/das essbar von mile-a-minute weed?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von mile-a-minute weed?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von mile-a-minute weed?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von mile-a-minute weed?

Selbstbestäubung

Wo findet man mile-a-minute weed normalerweise?

Urban areas

Snap-Karte

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