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Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve

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(L.) Á.Löve
L.
Á.Löve
1970
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Fallopia convolvulus

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convolvulus

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Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve

Annual, climbing, convolvulus-like herb, glabrous or finely puberulent, with slender twining stems and slender taproot. Petiole very slender, to 6 cm long. Lamina (1)-2-9 × (0.5)-1-6 cm, ± ovate-sagittate, entire; base shallowly to deeply cordate; apex acute, cuspidate or acuminate. Ochreae to c. 5 mm long, obliquely truncate, soon lacerate. Fls in terminal or axillary racemes with a slender, puberulent peduncle or in fascicles, often in axils of all but the basal lvs, ± pale green, scentless. Bracts generally = or > pedicels, membranous except for green keel. Pedicels short at anthesis, 1.5-3-(5) mm long at fruiting, articulate above middle, winged in upper part. Perianth 1-3 mm long, broad-ovate to broad-elliptic, moderately accrescent, the 3 outer segments with acute green keel and often white margins. Stamens not enclosed in perianth segments; filaments glabrous. Valves of fr. 4-6 mm long, glabrous or finely puberulent, the outer with prominent greenish white margin. Nut 3-4 mm long, black, finely granular; ribs obtuse.

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Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort.
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Fallopia convolvulus var. subalata (Lej. & Court.) D.H.Kent
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Polygonum convolvulus L.
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq. ex Webb & Berthel.
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve

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Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
New Zealand
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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New Zealand
Southland Land District
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New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
3 October 2007
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