Common Name -  Dock-leaved Smartweed
	Scientific Name - Polygonum lapathifolium
	Family Name - Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
Season	Summer annual.
Habitat	Weed of moist disturbed soils or moist cultivated soils.
Flower	Small and dense, terminal, nodding spike clusters of pink to white flowers. Spike measures 1/3" to 1/4" wide.
Leaves	Alternate, entire, simple, and lance shaped. The stems are jointed at each node and each joint is surrounded by a sheath of tissue.
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