I haven't seen Creeping Knotweed with flowers of this colour. Could it be that photos depict 2 different plant species? leaves in first photo seem to belong to Knotweed; I'm not sure about the flowers in last 3 photos.
Not every frond has the spores on the back of it . You have to keep looking until you find one with spores. they occur in little clumps of 2, 3, or 4 etc. spore casings.