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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Fallopia scandens
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Fallopia scandens
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tisc_001_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_520b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fruiting perianth wings decurrent on stipelike base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm140922_930
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140922_932
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm150927_260
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygonum_scandens_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygonum_scandens_3
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygonum_scandens_3b
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fallopia scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Fallopia scandens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Fallopia scandens
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
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High-climbing herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to wet open habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/ Whitish/ Pinkish
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Flowers in unbranched racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black, lustrous
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p322
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p205
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p291
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p061?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p033