| Scientific Name: | Fallopia scandens
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.  |
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| Synonym: | Polygonum scandens |
| Genus species: | Fallopia scandens |
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| Synonym: | Polygonum scandens |
| Common Name: | Climbing False Buckwheat |
| Family Name: | Polygonaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody vines; leaves alternate, simple, mostly entire, stipules typically united into an ocrea (a tubular, papery sheath); flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, in short axillary clusters or in various elongate inflorescences; fruit a trigonous or lenticular achene. |
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Wildflower |
| Flower Color: | White White Green/Brown |
| Identified by: | M. Becus |
