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Fagopyrum esculentum

garden buckwheat
Habit Taprooted, annual herbs, the stems ascending or erect, 15-90 cm. tall, branched, green, or striped with pink or red.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, petiolate, the petiole 1.5-6 cm. long;

leaf blade palmately veined, hastate-triangular or cordate, 2.5-8 cm. long and 2-8 cm. wide, the margins hairy, the tip pointed;

stipules sheathing, brownish, loose and papery.
Flowers

Inflorescences of small terminal and axillary panicles;

peduncles 0.5-4 cm. long, pubescent in lines; pedicles ascending, 2.5-4 mm. long;

perianth creamy white to pale pink, the 5 tepals elliptic to obovate, 3-5 mm. long;

stamens 8, the filaments distinct, glabrous;

styles 3, stigmas purplish.
Fruits

Achenes light brown, sometimes streaked with black, sharply 3-angled, 4-6 mm. long.

Fagopyrum esculentum
Flowering time June-September
Habitat Roadsides, fields, waste areas; frequently escapes cultivation.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern
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