Willowleaf Smartweed
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Scientific Name Polygonum lapathifolium
Family Name Knotweed ( Polygonaceae )
 
Tiny tubular flower in cluster

Flower: Flowers white to pale pink in dense, spikelike clusters.

Leaves: Willow-like.

Rounded, smooth-edged, papery bracts surround the stem immediately above teh point wher each leaf is attached.

Moist places.
Reference:
Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 38
April - December
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