Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Wild Buckwheat (Polygonum convolvulus)
annual with slender stems trailing on ground or twining about other plants; heart-shaped
leaves with basal lobes and a small papery sheath that encircles stem at the leaf base;
small green flowers
produces up to 1,000 seeds per plant
confused with field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) which has creeping roots
and trumpet-shaped flowers
tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) (REGIONAL NOXIOUS) is similar but is an
erect plant, not prostrate or twining
Seedling
Small green flowers produce triangular black seeds
