Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
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 north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
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 north of Mexico, vol. 5
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
5 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in short, corymbose racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
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