Flower ID: IMG_9282.JPG-09-05-2021 Flower name (scientific): Fallopia scandens (Linnaeus) Holub PY: 1971. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) fal-OH-pee-uh SKAN-dens Flower name (common): Climbing False Buckwheat Family name (common): Buckwheat Family name (scientific): Polygonaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Named for Gabriello Fallopio (1523–1562), Italian surgeon, anatomist, and pharmacologist. Specific epithet: Latin for climbing, which refers to viny habit of the plant. Common name origin: Climbing for the vine nature of the plant. Buckwheat from the supposed resemblance, particulalrly of the fruit, to Fagopyrum esculentum, which is commonly called Buckwheat. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches (3 to 5 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: white or green Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Size: 36 to 200 inches (91 to 508 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, cordate, truncate-deltate, or hastate (FNA), cordate or ovate (IL), heart-shaped, cordate at the base (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): July to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual/Perennial Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, woods, savannas, thickets, fields, streambanks, sun or semi-shade, moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Fallopia cilinodis (Fringed Black-bindweed), Fallopia convolvulus (Black-bindweed), and Fallopia dumetorum (Copse-bindweed) have a resemablance to Fallopia scandens. Fallopia cilinodis can be distinguished by the ring of cilia-like hairs at the leaf nodes. The fruits of Fallopia convolvulus are usually wingless. Fallopia dumetorum is best distinguished by its fruiting perianths, which are orbiculate in outline and wings typically flat. Fallopia scandens lacks cilia-like hairs at the leaf nodes, has fruiting perianths that are obovate in outline, and wings that are undulate. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.798338 Longitude: -91.526118 Altitude: 249.50 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Bilderdykia cristata (Engelmann & A. Gray) Greene, Bilderdykia scandens (Linnaeus) Greene, Bilderdykia scandens var. cristata (Engelmann & A. Gray) C. F. Reed, Fallopia cristata Engelmann & A. Gray, Polygonum cristatum Engelm. & A. Gray, Polygonum dumetorum var. scandens (Linnaeus) A. Gray, Polygonum scandens var. cristatum (Engelmann & A. Gray) Gleason, Reynoutria scandens (L.) Shinners, Reynoutria scandens var. cristata (Engelmann & A. Gray) Shinners, Tiniaria cristata (Engelm. & A.Gray) Small, Tiniaria scandens (L.) Small Basionym: Polygonum scandens Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 364. 1753. Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FAC Wetland Status (MW): FAC