wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

Persicaria maculosa Redshank
A very common weed.
Persicaria lapathifolia Pale Persicaria
A local weed, much less common than the last.
(Persicaria minor Small Water Pepper)
One definite record = Kirkcaldy 1893.
Persicaria hydropiper Water Pepper
Uncommon in damp places, rarely as a weed.
[Polygonum maritimum Sea Knotgrass]
Error.
Polygonum oxyspermum Ray’s Knotgrass
Very rare by sea, transient; at Pathhead Kirkcaldy in quantity in late 1960s.
Polygonum arenastrum Equal-leaved Knotgrass
Local, usually on tracks.
Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass
Very common.
Polygonum boreale Northern Knotgrass
Formerly an infrequent weed; Carr Craig, by Inchcolm, 1995.
(Polygonum rurivagum Cornfield Knotgrass)
Probably casual only (1955).
Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed
Commonly naturalised, occasionally in large, spreading clumps.
F.japonica x F.sachalibensis (F. x bohemia). Invertiel, Kirkcaldy, with parents,
2002.
Fallopia sachalinensis Giant Knotweed
A rare introduction or relic as at Lade Braes St Andrews.
Fallopia baldschuanica Russian Vine
Sometimes planted, festooning fences, walls and old buildings; Tayport.
Fallopia convolvulus Black Bindweed
A common weed.
Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) Rhubarb
An occasional throw-out, persisting by waysides, burns, waste ground, etc.