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Climbing False Buckwheat (Polygonum scandens)
Image ID: 2013/mtr169F
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Native
Family:
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Height: 5 to 10 ft.
(vine)
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 0.15 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Fused petals, 5 parts
Location: Montour Trail
Date: 8/31/2013
Notes:
Heart-shaped leaf, red stem.
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
