OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fallopia cristata   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. cristatum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fallopia scandens

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Polygonum scandens

INCLUDED WITHIN Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)

Fallopia scandens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-022b:

Polygonum scandens var. cristatum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Polygonum cristatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bilderdykia cristata

 

COMMON NAME:
Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat


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image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ticr2_001_lvd

        

image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

Roxanna Martin    rlm9110_109

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

Roxanna Martin    rlm9110_111

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf apex acute to acuminate, leaf base cordate to cordate-sagittate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

Roxanna Martin    rlm91410_39

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers in racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

Roxanna Martin    rlm91909_165

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Fallopia cristata, Crested Climbing Buckwheat, Climbing False Buckwheat

Roxanna Martin    rlm91910_65

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In fruit, outer sepals expand into obvious wings, decurrent on base, per Weakley's Flora.

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fallopia cristata   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum scandens var. cristatum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fallopia scandens

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygonum scandens

INCLUDED WITHIN Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia scandens

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Polygonum cristatum

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

 

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2102

High-climbing herbaceous vine
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & SC, uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare 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

 

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