Polygonaceae
American buckwheat vine
Brunnichia ovata
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Brunnichia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- American buckwheat vine, Sida ovata
Synonyms
- Brunnichia cirrhosa Gaertn.
- Rajania caroliniana J.F.Gmel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Amber M. King, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jennifer Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacob Saucier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Duran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.