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Mile-a-minute | Polygonum perfoliatum (Persicaria perfoliata)

May contain: leaf, plant, green, vine, and vegetation
Photo Credit: Dendroica cerulea
May contain: food, produce, animal, insect, and invertebrate
Photo Credit: Bruce Ackley
May contain: plant, vegetation, tree, garden, nature, outdoors, land, woodland, jungle, and grove
May contain: leaf, plant, green, vine, and vegetation
May contain: food, produce, animal, insect, and invertebrate
May contain: plant, vegetation, tree, garden, nature, outdoors, land, woodland, jungle, and grove

Annual; reddish stems have downward pointing hooks/barbs. Light green alternate leaves, shaped like an equilateral triangle. Small, white, subtle flowers.

Plant Details

Habitat NotesDisturbed and open areas, along edges of woods, wetlands, stream banks, roadsides, uncultivated open fields and sunny sites with moist soil.