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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brunnichia ovata   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:

Brunnichia cirrhosa   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Brunnichia cirrhosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine


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image of Brunnichia ovata, Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_brci3_001_lvd

        

image of Brunnichia ovata, Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_brov4_001_lvd

        

image of Brunnichia ovata, Buckwheat-vine, Eardrop-vine, Ladies'-eardrops, Redvine

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_113

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brunnichia ovata   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brunnichia ovata   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Brunnichia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-07-001:
Brunnichia cirrhosa   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brunnichia cirrhosa

 

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2412

Partly woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in paniculate racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Fruiting calyx is pink
Nutlet

 

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