False Climbing Buckwheat - Fallopia scandens

False Climbing Buckwheat on shore of retaining pond in Madison, Wisconsin on September 13, 2022.

Above: False Climbing Buckwheat climbing over brown-eyed Susans on shore of retaining pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/02/21).

False Climbing Buckwheat - Fallopia scandens

False Climbing Buckwheat is a native perennial that grows in part shade and sun like moist woods, thickets, fields, roadsides, woodland borders, riverbanks and ditches.

False Climbing Buckwheat has greenish white flowers that are are about 1/8" long, consisting of 5 greenish white tepals (the 3 outer tepals are winged and may be ruffled). They are attached in loose whorls along racemes that are about 2-8" long. Each flower is replaced by a fruit encased in three, large, white, ruffled wings.

False Climbing Buckwheat is a twining vine that grows up to 15' long (or longer) that climbs adjacent vegetation and fences – and can smother everything in its path. In the Oak Savanna off of Monroe Street in Madison, Wisconsin, False Climbing Buckwheat is twinning around Giant Ragweed, Sumac, Evening Primrose and other tall plants - almost anything that helps it reach more sunshine.

False Climbing Buckwheat blooms from July - Sept.

Other Names: Climbing False Buckwheat.

For more information on the False Climbing Buckwheat, visit Wikipedia.

Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about False Climbing Buckwheat - Fallopia scandens.