Wild Buckwheat – Flowers

Wild Buckwheat – Flowers

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...
Wild Buckwheat – Leaves

Wild Buckwheat – Leaves

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...
Wild Buckwheat – Mature Plant

Wild Buckwheat – Mature Plant

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...
Sticky Groundsel – Pappus

Sticky Groundsel – Pappus

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs – hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets...
Sticky Groundsel – Bracts

Sticky Groundsel – Bracts

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs – hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets...