Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Fallopia scandens
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygonum_scandens_3b
September
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
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High-climbing herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains, uncommon elsewhere
Look for it in moist to wet open habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
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 p322
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p205
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p061?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p033