Polygonum aviculare

Polygonum aviculare L. Engl.: prostrate knotweed, knotgrass, knotweed. Deu.: Vogelknöterich, Knotenwegerich, Wegtritt. Suom.: pihatatar. Sven.: trampört, trampgräs. TCM: bian xu.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 2.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 2. Flowering plant. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2006-07-23.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 3.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 3. Flowers and leaf. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2006-07-23.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 4.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 4. Flowers and leaf. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2006-07-23.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 1.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare 1. Flowering branches. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare.

Photo: Polygonum aviculare. Flowering patch. It's so common in the wild that I usually just ignore it. Here's a very lush patch, in a test plot for commercial cultivation. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.