OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fallopia scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fallopia scandens

INCLUDING New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Fallopia cristata

INCLUDING New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Fallopia scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Fallopia scandens

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum scandens var. cristatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum scandens var. scandens

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-022a:

Polygonum scandens var. scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Polygonum scandens var. cristatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bilderdykia cristata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bilderdykia scandens

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Climbing Buckwheat


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image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tisc_001_lvd

        

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_fallopia_scandens_1

August    Iredell County    NC

Flowers borne in unbranched racemes (vs. branched in P. cilinode), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140906_244b

September    Swain County    NC

Calyx with a distinctly wavy or tattered margin and wing-keeled in fruit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140906_254

September    Swain County    NC

Flowers white or tinged with pink or green, in unbranched racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140909_520b

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruiting perianth wings decurrent on stipelike base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140922_930

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140922_932

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm140922_938

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves 2-5" long, oblong-ovate to ovate with heart-shaped or sagittate base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm150927_260

September    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygonum_scandens_2

September        

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygonum_scandens_3

September        

image of Fallopia scandens, Common Climbing Buckwheat

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygonum_scandens_3b

September        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fallopia scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fallopia scandens

INCLUDING New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Fallopia cristata

INCLUDING New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Fallopia scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Fallopia scandens

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum scandens var. cristatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum scandens var. scandens

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-022a:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Polygonum scandens var. cristatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bilderdykia cristata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bilderdykia scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Fallopia scandens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1126

High-climbing herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to wet open habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/ Whitish/ Pinkish
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in unbranched racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black, lustrous
Nutlet

 

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