Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Brunnichia ovata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:
Brunnichia cirrhosa
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies Eardrops, Redvine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brci3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_brov4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Brunnichia ovata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:
Brunnichia cirrhosa
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
2412
Partly woody vine
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon (rare north of Florida)
Look for it in floodpalin forests, swamp forests, 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.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in paniculate racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Fruiting calyx is pink
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p291
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p058
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p124
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p059
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p078