Knotgrass - Polygonum aviculare
Description
Short to medium, erect or sprawling plant. Leaves lanceolate to oval larger on main stem. Ochrea silvery, ragged, few veined, concealing the leaf stalk. Flowers solitary, or in small clusters, greeninsh, with pink or whitish margins.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
A weed of waste places, roadsides and paths, bare ground etc.
When to see it
June to November.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Common in much of Britain except the far north.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 598 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsFosse Meadows08 July 2011
Graham CalowSapcote22 August 2014
Graham CalowWykin12 June 2015 Field near to Granitethorpe Footpath Sapcote SP 4945 9360 (taken 26.6.2007)..JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote26 June 2007
Graham CalowLeire Road, Frolesworth23 July 2015
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley22 July 2011
 Field near to Granitethorpe Footpath Sapcote SP 4945 9360 (taken 26.6.2007)..JPG)
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David NichollsCharnwood Lodge01 September 2012
David NichollsKirby Muxloe Castle13 September 2013
Graham CalowSapcote06 June 2013 Verge of B4669 Sapcote SP 4741 9370 (taken 27th June 2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote27 June 2008
Barbara CooperLong Clawson21 June 2012
Graham CalowSapcote06 June 2013
Alan SemperHarby School La path01 August 2012
Alan SemperHarby School La path01 August 2012
Graham CalowClump Hill Fields, Broughton Astley05 October 2014
 Verge of B4669 Sapcote SP 4741 9370 (taken 27th June 2008).JPG)
