Putnam Park Wildflowers


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
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     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.
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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.
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Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): FAC
Wetland Status (MW): FAC