Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Climbing false buckwheat, or Fallopia scandens, is a North American herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 1–5 meters. When it produces fruit, the plant hangs from its pedicels in a downward position.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Fallopia

Species

Fallopia scandens