OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fallopia convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fallopia convolvulus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4 (2003)

Fallopia convolvulus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygonum convolvulus var. subulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-021:

Polygonum convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Bilderdykia convolvulus

 

COMMON NAME:
Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed


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image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tico5_001_lvd

        

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_121

        

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm140823_104

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm0309c_15

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm0409d_09

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

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 (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Fallopia convolvulus, Climbing Buckwheat, Nimblewill, Black Bindweed

JK Marlow    s021006_a

October    Greenville County    SC

Sepals enlarging little as fruit matures, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Fallopia convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fallopia convolvulus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4
Fallopia convolvulus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum convolvulus var. convolvulus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum convolvulus var. subulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-04-021:
Polygonum convolvulus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bilderdykia convolvulus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1121

Climbing herbaceous vine
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish/ Whitish/ Pinkish
5-parted calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black, dull
Nutlet

 

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