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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fagopyrum esculentum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fagopyrum esculentum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fagopyrum esculentum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Fagopyrum esculentum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-05-001:
Fagopyrum esculentum FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Fagopyrum sagittatum
COMMON NAME:
Buckwheat
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fafa_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200623_5992
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200623_5997
June Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fagopyrum esculentum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fagopyrum esculentum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fagopyrum esculentum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Fagopyrum esculentum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-05-001:
Fagopyrum esculentum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Fagopyrum sagittatum
3189
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, railroad rights-of-way, escaped from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
5 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in short, corymbose racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
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