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Wireweed

Wireweed may refer to several organisms, including: * Amphibolis, a genus of marine flowering plants in the family Cymodoceaceae * Polygonella, a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed and smartweed family, Polygonaceae. * Rigiopappus leptocladus, a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. * Sargassum muticum, also known as the Japanese wireweed, is a large brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum. * Sida (plant), a genus of flowering herbs and subshrubs in the mallow family, Malvaceae.

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Wireweed may refer to several organisms, including: * Amphibolis, a genus of marine flowering plants in the family Cymodoceaceae * Polygonella, a genus of flowering plants in the knotweed and smartweed family, Polygonaceae. * Rigiopappus leptocladus, a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. * Sargassum muticum, also known as the Japanese wireweed, is a large brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum. * Sida (plant), a genus of flowering herbs and subshrubs in the mallow family, Malvaceae.

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