Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fallopia cilinodis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fringed Climbing Buckwheat at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum cilinode
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-020:
Polygonum cilinode
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tiniaria cilinodis
COMMON NAME:
Fringed Climbing Buckwheat, Fringed Black Bindweed, Fringed Bindweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tici3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fallopia cilinodis
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum cilinode
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-020:
Polygonum cilinode
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tiniaria cilinodis
2856
Herbaceous vine, trailing or infrequently twining
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Uncommon
Look for it around rock outcrops, in openings, glades, & open woodlands at high elevations, 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.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Flowers in discontinuous clusters in branched racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black, lustrous
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p205
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p064
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p032