"typical to see much smaller plants in places where they sprout through cracks in the pavement or are repeatedly cut down. The leaves are broad oval with a truncated base, long and broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, cream or white, produced in erect racemes long in late summer and early autumn. Closely related species include giant knotweed (""Fallopia sachalinensis"", syn. ""Polygonum sachalinense"") and Russian vine (""Fallopia baldschuanica"", ""Polygonum baldschuanicum""). Other English names for Japanese knotweed include fleeceflower, Himalayan fleece vine, monkeyweed, monkey fungus, Hancock's curse, elephant ears, pea shooters, donkey rhubarb (although it is not a"
"edges, though the white variegation may occasionally disperse across the whole leaf. The variegation may change with the seasons and as the plant ages. Terminal clumps of white flowers emerge in autumn, which are followed by black berries. While grown as a landscaping plant, it has also become naturalised in some areas. In New Zealand it has become established in waste areas and abandoned gardens, spreading via suckers. The sap, which is sticky and resinous, can cause contact dermatitis in sensitive people. Fatsia japonica Fatsia japonica, also glossy-leaf paper plant, fatsi, paperplant, false castor oil plant, or Japanese aralia, is"
"Alternaria japonica Alternaria japonica is a fungal plant pathogen. It is a cause of black spot disease in cruciferous plants. It is not a major source of crop loss, but is considered dangerous for plants during the seedling stage. ""A. japonica"" affects its hosts in all stages of life. Infection causes a black or grey sunken lesion with a characteristic yellow border. On the leaves of some plants, infection can cause dark, water-soaked spots. The lesions can be observed anywhere on the plant. In seedlings, fungal lesions on the stem are a cause of damping-off. Infected seeds appear black or"
"Fallopia Fallopia is a genus of about 12–15 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, often included in a wider treatment of the related genus ""Polygonum"" in the past. The genus is native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus includes herbaceous perennial plants, herbaceous vines, and woody vines. Several species are serious invasive weeds, notably Japanese knotweed in Europe and North America. The genus is named after Italian botanist Gabriello Fallopio, or Fallopius, who was the superintendent of the botanical garden at Padua. He was also an acclaimed anatomist, being considered a founder of"
"Humulus japonicus Humulus japonicus, known as wild hop or Japanese hop, synonym ""H. scandens"", is an ornamental plant in the Cannabaceae family. Originally found in temperate parts of Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Russia) and the tropical environment of Vietnam, it was imported to North America in the 1800s for use in an Asian tonic and as an ornamental plant. Since its arrival in North America, it has spread widely. It can be found throughout the Northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. It is considered an invasive species in North America. The composition and chemistry of its oils differ from"
"Jacobaea vulgaris Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea, is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, and has also been widely distributed as a weed elsewhere. Common names include ragwort, common ragwort, stinking willie, tansy ragwort, benweed, St. James-wort, stinking nanny/ninny/willy, staggerwort, dog standard, cankerwort, stammerwort. In the western United States it is generally known as tansy ragwort, or tansy, though its resemblance to the true tansy is superficial. Although the plant is often unwanted by landowners because it is considered a weed by many, it provides a"
"Persicaria lapathifolia Persicaria lapathifolia (syn. Polygonum lapathifolium), known as pale persicaria, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. It is closely related to ""Persicaria maculosa"" and as such is considered a weed in Britain and Europe. Other common names for the plant include pale smartweed, curlytop knotweed, and willow weed. It is a species complex made up of a great many varying forms, sometimes considered varieties. The environment also has a strong influence on the morphology of an individual plant. ""Persicaria lapathifolia"" is an annual herb with erect reddish stems with swollen joints, growing to a height of . The"
"Society has been receiving reports from gardeners and horticulturalists of damage to plants of the shrub ""Kerria japonica"". Symptoms include multiple red spots on leaves, and lesions on the stems, resulting in defoliation and eventual death. It has been determined that this infection is caused by the fungus ""Blumeriella kerriae"", which is specific to the kerria. This highly contagious disease, known in English as kerria twig and leaf blight, was known in the U.S. but has not previously been observed on British plants. It is regarded as a serious threat to the cultivated kerria plants, which are popular garden shrubs."
"and Massachusetts and as far west as California. It will likely continue to spread and may become more invasive. Fatoua villosa Fatoua villosa is an annual herb in the Moraceae (mulberry) family, native to Asia. Common names include mulberry weed, crabweed, or hairy crabweed. It has become an invasive species in the Eastern United States where it grows in disturbed areas such as flowerbeds, greenhouses, and agricultural fields. ""F. villosa"" is an annual herb which reproduces via seed. The entire plant is covered in both glandular and recurved hairs giving the plant a sticky feeling to the touch. The leaves"
"Pieris japonica Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda, Japanese pieris, or Dwarf Lilly-of-the-Valley Shrub is a plant in the heather family, Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan where it grows in mountain thickets. It is also widely cultivated in gardens, and parent to the cultivated hybrid ""Pieris"" 'Forest Flame'. ""Pieris japonica"" is a shrub or a small tree ( tall, occasionally up to 10 metres) with alternate, simple leaves on brittle stems. The flowers are white and borne in early spring. The plant is poisonous if consumed by people or animals. The name ""andromeda"" originated from an"
"Gloriosa (plant) Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus ""Littonia"". They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated. The most common English names are flame lily, fire lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily, climbing lily, and creeping lily. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, and contact"
"and ""Broughton Willow"" near the Broughton River in South Australia. It also records it was called ""Cooba"" or ""Kooba"" by Indigenous People in Western New SOuth WAles and ""Motherumba"" by thos on the Castlereagh River, New South Wales."" Acacia salicina spreads widely through seed dipersal, and individual trees can rapidly form thickets through production of adventitious shoots from the root system. The species has become a significant weed over some of its native and introduced range Acacia salicina Acacia salicina is a thornless species of ""Acacia"" tree native to Australia. Common names include Cooba, Native Willow, Willow Wattle, Broughton Willow,Sally"
"Fatsia japonica Fatsia japonica, also glossy-leaf paper plant, fatsi, paperplant, false castor oil plant, or Japanese aralia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan, southern Korea, and Taiwan. The name ""fatsi"" is an approximation of the Japanese word for 'eight' (""hachi"" in modern romanization), referring to the eight leaf lobes. In Japan it is known as , meaning ""eight fingers"". The name ""Japanese aralia"" is due to the genus being classified in the related genus ""Aralia"" in the past. It has been interbred with ""Hedera helix"" (common ivy) to produce the intergeneric hybrid"
"""Plasmodium falciparum"". Ziziphus oenoplia Ziziphus oenoplia, commonly known as the jackal jujube, small-fruited jujube or wild jujube,in hindi known as मकोरा Makora is a flowering plant with a broad distribution through tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia. It is a spreading, sometimes climbing, thorny shrub growing to 1.5 m in height. The leaves are simple, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute and oblique. The flowers are green, in subsessile axillary cymes. The fruit is a globose drupe, black and shiny when ripe, containing a single seed. It ranges from the Indian subcontinent through southern China and Southeast Asia to northern Australia. It grows"
"cm long and glabrous. Fagus japonica Fagus japonica, known as the Japanese blue beech or in Japanese as inubuna (""dog buna"") or kurobuna (""black buna""), is a deciduous tree of the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to Japan, where it is one of the main tree species in natural deciduous forests particularly on the Pacific side of the country. It reaches 25 metres in height. The growth habit is often multi-trunked. Bark is smooth and grey. The simple leaves are arranged alternately along the branch. They are slightly pubescent and slightly glaucous beneath, with 10–14 pairs of lateral nerves."
"through Victoria and New South Wales, and into Queensland. It also occurs in Asia westwards to India and Pakistan. It grows in shady areas in forest. The caterpillars of the laced or Indian fritillary (""Argynnis hyperbius"") feed upon this plant, and the flowers are pollinated by the large- or common grass yellow (""Eurema hecabe""). Coastal swamps where ""Viola betonicifolia"" grows have been drained in New South Wales, endangering the status of the laced fritillary in that state. ""Viola betonicifolia"" is an easy plant to grow, and adaptable to different soil types as long as it get sufficient moisture and at"
"varieties and cultivars. Many other names are currently rejected as synonyms or unresolved for lack of sufficient data. The genus is widely distributed in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and from the Indian subcontinent to Malesia. ""Gloriosa superba"" in particular is widely naturalized. In Australia, ""scattered naturalized populations exist in the understorey of coastal dry sclerophyll forest and sand dune vegetation throughout south-east Queensland and New South Wales"". It is considered a rampant and dangerous invasive weed in Australia, dominating the coastal dunes at the expense of native species and leading to deaths of native animals and birds when ingested. In"
"Parietaria judaica Parietaria judaica, with common names spreading pellitory or pellitory of the wall, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Urticaceae, commonly nicknamed sticky-weed. The plant's pollen is highly allergenic. In Australia it is also known as asthma weed, due to the high incidence of allergy. It is unrelated to the herb pellitory (""Anacyclus pyrethrum""). It is easily confused with the very similar species ""Parietaria officinalis"". ""Parietaria"" (Latin): Wall-dweller (a name used by the Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny). ""Judaica"" (Latin): Of Judaea, Jewish, from Palestine. The biological form of ""Parietaria judaica"" is hemicryptophyte scapose, as"
"to turnip mosaic virus but as mentioned above, there exist numerous other diseases. There have been attempts to breed varieties with clubroot resistance or powdery mildew resistance but the varieties failed due to bad leaf texture traits or broken resistances. ""Alternaria"" diseases are caused by the organisms ""Alternaria brassicae"", ""Alternaria brassicicola"" and ""Alternaria japonica"". Their English names are black spot, pod spot, gray leaf spot, dark leaf spot or Alternaria blight. The symptoms can be seen on all aboveground plant parts as dark spots. The infected plants are shrivelled and smaller than normal. Alternaria diseases infect almost all brassica plants,"
"exposed during ditch clearance – one root is sufficient to kill a cow, and human fatalities are also known. It has been referred to as the most poisonous of all British plants, and is considered particularly dangerous because of its similarity to several edible plants. The species ""O. javanica"", commonly known as Chinese celery or Japanese parsley (""seri""; not to be confused with ""mitsuba"" or Japanese wild celery, a plant from a different genus) is edible and grown in several countries of eastern Asia, as well as in Italy and India, where the spring growth is relished as a vegetable."
"exuded by this plant. Euphorbia heterophylla Euphorbia heterophylla, also known under the common names of (Mexican) fireplant, painted euphorbia, Japanese poinsettia, desert poinsettia, wild poinsettia, fire on the mountain, paintedleaf, painted spurge, milkweed, and kaliko plant, is a plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae or spurge family. Euphorbia heterophylla is native to tropical and subtropical America but is now widespread throughout the tropics. Many herbicides fail to control it and hence it has spread rapidly in many parts of the world. This plant has been introduced to South and Southeast Asia as an Ornamental plant, having become a weed in India"
"""Alisma plantago-aquatica"" has acute leaf tips not tapering to a stalk. Alisma lanceolatum Alisma lanceolatum is a species of aquatic plant in the water plantain family known by the common names lanceleaf water plantain and narrow-leaved water plantain. It is widespread across Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. It is naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Oregon, California and British Columbia. It is considered a noxious weed in some places. This species is a weed of rice fields in many areas, including New South Wales and California. In England and Wales it is occasionally locally found, in Ireland it is rare,"
"the far reaches of northern of Canada. It can grow and cover any area quickly. Thousands of hop plants can grow in one acre, and they can blanket a majority of the local vegetation. The vines grow rapidly during the summer, climbing up and over everything in their path, and can form dense mats several feet deep, blocking light to plants underneath. Humulus japonicus Humulus japonicus, known as wild hop or Japanese hop, synonym ""H. scandens"", is an ornamental plant in the Cannabaceae family. Originally found in temperate parts of Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Russia) and the tropical"
"seen in Japan, India, Nepal, and many other areas of south-east Asia and the Pacific region. The original specimen was collected in Japan, hence the specific epithet “japonica”. The variety in New South Wales is known as ""bicolor"", as the under-side of the leaf is somewhat paler than above. Protostephanine is an alkaloid from Stephania japonica (Menispermaceae). Antihypertensive agent. The leaves of this plant are commonly used to produce edible green grass jelly in Indonesia. Stephania japonica Stephania japonica, known as snake vine, is a common scrambler often seen in sheltered areas near the sea. A dioecious vine without prickles."
"on the stem. Ajuga japonica Ajuga japonica is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Japan. The species grows as a groundcover on the forest floor, usually near streams. It is often found in large clusters, due to its spreading and seeding habit. It grows along the floor with stolons, and is usually 8-20 centimetres high including the flowers. It flowers between late April and late May. The light purple flowers of ""Ajuga japonica"" are tubular and lip-shaped, being long. These flowers grow from the tips of the flower stems. The pinnate, heart-shaped leaves have serrated margins and are long. They"
"Phlox diffusa Phlox diffusa is a species of phlox known by the common name spreading phlox. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the southwestern United States to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of habitat, including rocky, high elevation mountain slopes. It is a very compact mat-forming perennial herb growing in cushions or patches of short, decumbent stems. The linear, lance-shaped, or needle-like leaves are no more than 1.5 centimeters long and are oppositely arranged in bundles on the short stems. The inflorescence is a solitary tubular flower around a centimeter long. It"
"Alisma lanceolatum Alisma lanceolatum is a species of aquatic plant in the water plantain family known by the common names lanceleaf water plantain and narrow-leaved water plantain. It is widespread across Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. It is naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Oregon, California and British Columbia. It is considered a noxious weed in some places. This species is a weed of rice fields in many areas, including New South Wales and California. In England and Wales it is occasionally locally found, in Ireland it is rare, and Scotland it is very rare. It is found in mud"
"this plant is used for hair dressing. Extract from this plant is also used for traditional Japanese washi paper making. Kadsura japonica Kadsura japonica, commonly known as the kadsura vine or simply kadsura, is a plant species native to Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands) in woodlands. The larvae of the moth ""Caloptilia kadsurae"" feed on ""K. japonica"" in the main Japanese islands and Ryukyu Islands. ""Kadsura japonica"" is a cultivated, dioecious, ornamental plant in gardens, and also has edible fruits that can be eaten raw or cooked. It grows from to . It is an evergreen with deep"
"as it can regenerate from any rhizomes that remain in the soil. Using cutting the stems at the ground and applying a systemic herbicide will often kill the plant. Composting bushkiller is not recommended as it may re-sprout from buried stems. Cayratia japonica Cayratia japonica (common names bushkiller, yabu garashi and Japanese cayratia herb) is a species of herbaceous plant native to Australia and Asia. It is used as a traditional Chinese medicine to relieve swelling and heat, and to enhance diuresis and detoxification. ""Cayratia japonica"" is a perennial herbaceous vine with compound, alternately branching leaves. Tendrils grow opposite each"
"Mahonia japonica Mahonia japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to Taiwan. Despite the name, it is not native to Japan, though it has been known in cultivation there for centuries. The wild origins of this species have long puzzled botanists, but wild plants in Taiwan, known under the name ""Mahonia tikushiensis"", appear most similar to the cultivated forms of ""M. japonica"". It is an evergreen shrub growing to tall by wide. The foliage is pinnate, glossy dark green above, paler beneath, and sharply toothed. Each leaf usually has six to eight pairs of leaflets"
"are released and carried by wind or raindrops to a nearby host. Once infected the disease quickly spreads via the production of conidia in the secondary cycle which is accompanied by the sexual production of ascospores. Pycnidium are formed on the leaf lesions. ""Septoria"" is present in many parts of the world, but has only become prevalent in the marijuana industry with the movement towards legalization. Ranging from the Emerald Triangle in California, to the cold winds of the east coast, ""Septoria"" is becoming an increasing nuisance for cannabis growers. Like most ""Septoria"" species they require moist and humid conditions"
"This plant flowers from July to September in northern temperate regions. ""Persicaria lapathifolia"" is found in many parts of both the Old World and New World. Many varietal and sub-specific names have been coined, as the plant is morphologically variable. The species is found growing on the sea shore and in disturbed ground such as arable land, gardens, waste ground, rubbish tips and road verges. Persicaria lapathifolia Persicaria lapathifolia (syn. Polygonum lapathifolium), known as pale persicaria, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. It is closely related to ""Persicaria maculosa"" and as such is considered a weed in Britain and"
"Prosopis juliflora Prosopis juliflora () is a shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae, a kind of mesquite. It is native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. It has become established as an invasive weed in Africa, Asia, Australia and elsewhere. It is a contributing factor to continuing transmission of malaria, especially during dry periods when sugar sources from native plants are largely unavailable to mosquitoes. Growing to a height of up to , ""P. juliflora"" has a trunk diameter of up to . Its leaves are deciduous, geminate-pinnate, light green, with 12 to 20 leaflets. Flowers appear"