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Polygonum majus is a North American species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Wiry knotweed. It grows in the western United States and western Canada, from British Columbia south as far as the Sierra Nevada of northwestern Inyo County in California, east as far as Montana. Polygonum majus is an herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white or pink

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

6 - 24 in Tall

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Color

Pink, White

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 17 likely

Confirmed Likely

White Triangle Tortrix

Clepsis persicana

Streaked Coleophora Moth

Coleophora cratipennella

Morning-glory Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla

Tessellate Dart

Euxoa tessellata