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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fallopia convolvulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-021:
Polygonum convolvulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tico5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140823_103
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaf apex acute to acuminate, leaf base cordate to cordate-sagittate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140823_104
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_15
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0409d_09
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0409d_12
September Greenville County SC
Similar in general habital features to P. scandens, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States by Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten.
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JK Marlow jkm0409d_22
September Greenville County SC
Flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s021006_a
October Greenville County SC
Sepals enlarging little as fruit matures, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States by Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten.