Index / Search / Polygonum scandens
§1 Plant
Polygonum scandens L.
vernacular climbing false buckwheat — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 6 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 6 counties across 2 states/territories.
Montana view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POSC3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5652201 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25
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