NameThatPlant.net: Brunnichia ovata

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:

Brunnichia cirrhosa FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Brunnichia cirrhosa

COMMON NAME:
Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine

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image of Brunnichia ovata, Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brci3_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_brov4_001_lvd

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:
Brunnichia cirrhosa FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

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Partly woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in paniculate racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Fruiting calyx is pink
Nutlet

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