Fallopia cilinodis (Michx.) Holub

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Fallopia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, not rhizomatous, 1-5 m. Stems usually scandent or sprawling, rarely erect, freely branched, herbaceous, pilose-hispid or, rarely, subglabrous, not glaucous. Leaves: ocrea usually deciduous, light brown, cylindric, 3-4 mm, margins oblique, base fringed with reflexed hairs and slender bristles, face glabrous or puberulent; petiole 1-6 cm, retrorsely pubescent; blade cordate-ovate, cordate-hastate, or cordate-sagittate, 2-6(-12) × 2-5(-10) cm, base cordate, margins wavy, often reddish-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial face pilose-hispid, not minutely dotted, not glaucous, adaxial face glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, erect or spreading, paniclelike, 4-10(-15) cm, axes reddish-pilose; peduncle 1-12 cm, retrorsely pubescent. Pedicels ascending or spreading, articulated near middle or distally, 3-4 mm, glabrous or puberulent. Flowers bisexual, 4-7 per ocreate fascicle; perianth nonaccrescent, greenish white to white, 1.5-2 mm including stipelike base, glabrous; tepals elliptic, apex obtuse to acute, outer 3 obscurely keeled; stamens 6-8; filaments flattened proximally, pubescent proximally; styles connate basally; stigmas capitate. Achenes included or exserted, brownish black to black, 3-4 × 1.8-2.4 mm, shiny, smooth; fruiting perianth glabrous, wings absent. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Fallopia cilinodis world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:694562-1
WFO ID wfo-0000685783
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Synonyms

Reynoutria cilinodis Bilderdykia cilinodis Helxine cilinode Fallopia cilinodis Tiniaria cilinodis Bilderdykia cilinodis f. erecta Polygonum cilinode Bilderdykia cilinodis var. laevigata Polygonum cilinode var. erectum Polygonum cilinode var. laevigatum