Knotweed
Persicaria senegalensis ?
Observed along a roadside ditch near Eldoret, Kenya, Africa. July 2014.
HERBACEOUS PLANT: An upright herbaceous plant with one or a few stems. Mostly less than 2 m.
FLOWERS: The flowers are mostly white and arrayed on long, drooping spikes at the apex of the stems.
LEAVES: Leaves are lance-shaped to elyptic with a soft pubescence on upper and lower surfaces.
RANGE: This plant is reported in areas from West ot East Africa.
FRUIT: Seeds solitary in each flower ovary and enclosed in papaery wings.
UNARMED.
