Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Fallopia scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Read more about Climbing Buckwheat at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia scandens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-022a:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bilderdykia scandens
COMMON NAME:
Common Climbing Buckwheat
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August Iredell County NC
Flowers borne in unbranched racemes (vs. branched in P. cilinode), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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.
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September Swain County NC
Flowers white or tinged with pink or green, in unbranched racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm140909_520b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fruiting perianth wings decurrent on stipelike base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Fallopia scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia scandens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-022a:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bilderdykia scandens