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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fagopyrum esculentum   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key


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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image of Fagopyrum esculentum, Buckwheat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_fafa_001_lvd

        

image of Fagopyrum esculentum, Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm200623_5992

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Fagopyrum esculentum, Buckwheat

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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