Polygonaceae
Tartary buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Fagopyrum
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- نضم تتري
- Armenian
- Հնդկացորեն թաթարական
- arz
- حنطه تتريه
- Azerbaijani
- Tatar qarabaşağı
- Belarusian
- Грэчка татарская
- Breton
- Gwinizh-du Tartaria
- Catalan
- Sarrasin de Tartarie
- Chinese
- 印度蕎麥, 苦荞麦, 苦养麦, 苦荞, 苦荞头
- Czech
- Pohanka tatarská
- Dutch
- Franse boekweit
- English
- Tartary buckwheat, Tartari buckwheat, Green buckwheat
- Estonian
- Idatatar
- Finnish
- Rikkatattari, Rikkatatar
- French
- Sarrasin de Tartarie, Blé noir fourrager
- German
- Tataren-Buchweizen, Tatarischer Buchweizen, Sarrasin de Tartarie
- Hungarian
- Tatárka, Pohánka
- Icelandic
- Tatarabókhveiti
- Japanese
- ダッタンソバ, だったんそば, にがそば, 苦蕎麦, 韃靼蕎麦
- Kazakh
- Ноғай қарақұмығы
- Korean
- 타타리메밀
- Latvian
- Tatārijas griķis
- Lithuanian
- Totorinis grikis, Sarrasin de Tartarie
- Luxembourgish
- Gréngt Hädekar, Gënzen Hädekar, Tatarescht Wëllkar
- Persian
- گندم تلخ
- Polish
- Gryka tatarka
- Slovak
- Pohánka tatárska
- Slovenian
- Nora ajda, Sibirska ajda, Tatarska ajda, Turška ajda
- Swedish
- Sibiriskt bovete, Sarrasin de Tartarie
- Walloon
- Boûkete di Tatareye
Synonyms
- Fagopyrum dentatum Moench
- Fagopyrum rotundatum Bab.
- Fagopyrum subdentatum Gilib.
- Fagopyrum suffruticosum F.Schmidt
- Helxine tartarica Kuntze
- Polygonum tataricum L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PlayMistyForMe, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gió Đông, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.