



Polygonum aviculare
Prostrate Knotweed is a low-growing plant that spreads out along the ground. It has small green leaves and tiny flowers that can be white or pink. You can often find it in gardens and along paths.
生息地: Urban areas
The Prostrate Knotweed is a low-growing plant with slender, sprawling stems that hug the ground. Its small, oval to lance-shaped leaves often have a slight blue-green tint and are clustered at the stem nodes, making it look like a dense, mat-like ground cover.




カテゴリ
植物レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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Despite its name, the stems don't actually tie themselves in real knots!
Its scientific name, *Polygonum*, means 'many knees' due to its jointed stems!
This plant’s tiny seeds can sprout after sleeping in the soil for over 80 years!
Young Prostrate Knotweed leaves are edible and taste a bit like spinach!
Prostrate Knotweed can spread a dense mat of stems and roots that helps it grip the soil tightly, preventing erosion.
Prostrate Knotweed produces many small seeds that can remain viable in the soil for decades, helping it re-emerge.
Prostrate Knotweed has a strong taproot that helps it find water and nutrients even in compacted or disturbed soils.
Apis mellifera
Provides nectar for visiting bees.
Spodoptera exigua
Larvae feed on leaves and stems.
Passer domesticus
Birds consume its small seeds.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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5-30 cm
30-100 cm
0.1-0.3 cm
Summer-fall
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なし
一年生
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