Buckwheat
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1946)
Approximate blooming period: summer
Wild buckwheat, Fallopia convolvulus
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: climbing vine
Foliage and Bark: slender stems are light green to reddish green and hairless, arrow-shaped leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, white flowers that are replaced with large black achenes that are 3-sided
Culture:
Names: Cornbind, Black Bindweed, Climbing Bindweed, and Corn Bindweed
Cultivars/Varieties:
