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WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



Dooryard Knotweed (Polygonum avlculare L.). 



Description. — A scattered or somewhat ascending, bluish grey an- 

 nual; leaves acute or acutish; flowers greenish with pinkish mar- 

 gins ; achenes triangular, dull and minutely granular-striate. 



Fig. 47. Dooryard Knotweed (Polygonum aviculare). Common in dooryards. 

 (Photographed by Hart.) 



Fig. 47-A. Distribution of Dooryard Knotweed. 



