Bellflower Smartweed (Koenigia campanulata)
Description
Polygonum campanulatum (Lesser knotweed). This species is a creeping perennial growing to about 1m with lanceolate to elliptic leaves with a white to pink-brown hairy underside. The flowers are borne in loose branched nodding panicles of pink-red or white fragrant blooms in early summer to early autumn.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Polygonaceae
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Genus: Koenigia
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