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Wild buckwheat

Scientific name: Polygonum convolvulus (Buckwheat Family: Polygonaceae)

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DESCRIPTION:

Wild buckwheat, also known as black bindweed, is an annual broadleaf weed with arrowhead-shaped leaves. Cotyledons (seed leaves) are long and broad with rounded tips and a granular white powdery surface. First true leaves are arrowhead-shaped with a rough stalk that forms a tight sheath around the stem at the base. It has trailing stems, often mistaken for field bindweed, but with leaves that are more pointed. Stems can be 8 to 40 inches (20 - 100 cm) long. Clusters of inconspicuous, green flowers form in leaf axils or at the end of stems.

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