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How to Grow
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Edible, Herbaceous Perennial, Weed
Lifespan
Perennial
Flower
Small creamy-white flowers with 5 tepals in 3-6 inch long erect panicles from the leaf axils in later summer to fall. Male and female flowers are on separate plants with the male flowers being more erect and the female flowers drooping.
Fruit
Small winged triangular achene with small shiny dark brown to black triangular shaped seeds.
Taxonomy
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Reynoutria