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Climbing False Buckwheat

Fallopia scandens

Also called False Buckwheat, Climbing Bindweed

Climbing False Buckwheat
Photo: Robert Tatina. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National , Public domain
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Native range
C. & E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Fallopia scandens, the climbing false buckwheat, is a species of Fallopia native to North America. It is a herbaceous perennial plant which grows from to 1–5 m (3–16 ft) tall. Although they are semi-erect during bloom, when they are producing fruit, they hang from their pedicels in a downward position. Both the fruit and flower are greenish-white in appearance. In North America, it is often misidentified with Fallopia dumetorum, a species endemic to Europe.

Other Fallopia plants

Russian Vine · Russian Vine · Black Bindweed · Copse-bindweed · False Buckwheat · False Buckwheat

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fallopia scandens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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