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Common Name: Wild Buckwheat

Other Names: Climbing Buckwheat, Dullseed Cornbind, Black Bindweed, Cornbind

Species Name: Polygonum convolvulus L.

Plant Type: Broadleafs/Herbaceous

Family Name: Polygonaceae

 

 

Examples of Wild BuckwheatPolygonum convolvulus L.

A small Wild Buckwheat plant growing in dead grass.
A small Wild Buckwheat plant growing in dead grass.
A small Wild Buckwheat plant growing in dead grass.
A large, green Wild Buckwheat plant growing across the ground.
A large, green Wild Buckwheat plant growing across the ground.
A large, green Wild Buckwheat plant growing across the ground.
A close-up view of the stem of a Wild Buckwheat plant showing where the leaves attach.
A close-up view of the stem of a Wild Buckwheat plant showing where the leaves attach.
A close-up view of the stem of a Wild Buckwheat plant showing where the leaves attach.

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Introduced, Europe
Duration Annual
Season Warm
Distribution in the U.S. Throughout the region, less common in the southwestern Great Plains
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Wide Range
Habitat In waste ground, fence rows, roadsides, occasionally in cultivated fields and gardens
Successional Stage Mid

 

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