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• Fallopia baldschuanica

Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub

Chinese bindweed

Facts About

N/A

Habitat

Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), forest edges

Characteristics

• Flowers

  Calyx growth after flowering

  the calyx grows to cover or partially cover the fruit

  Flower description

  the flower has a superior ovary, and lacks a hypanthium

  Flower petal color

  • green to brown
  • pink to red
  • white

  Flower reproductive parts

  the flower has both pollen- and seed-producing parts

  Flower symmetry

  there are two or more ways to evenly divide the flower (the flower is radially symmetrical)

  Form of style

  • the flower has two or more completely separate styles
  • the style is unbranched, but it has two or more narrow appendages that are part of the stigma

  Fusion of petals

  the petals are fused into a corolla tube

  Inflorescence length

  30–150 mm

  Number of pistils

  1

  Number of styles

  3

  Ovary position

  the ovary is above the point of petal and/or sepal attachment

  Petal and sepal arrangement

  the flower includes two cycles of petal- or sepal-like structures

  Petal appearance

  the petals are thin and delicate, and pigmented (colored other than green or brown)

  Petal number

  2

  Sepal appearance

  the sepals resemble petals in color and texture

  Sepal color

  • green to brown
  • pink to red
  • white

  Sepal number

  3

  Sepals fused only to sepals

  the sepals are fused to each other (not other flower parts), at least near their bases

  Stamen attachment

  the stamens are not attached to the petals or tepals

  Stamen morphology

  the stamens within a cycle differ in length or width

  Stamen number

  • 6
  • 8

  Stamen position relative to petals

  NA

  Stamens fused

  the stamens are not attached to one another

  Stigma position

  the stigmas are positioned at the tip of the style

  Style petal-like

  the styles are not petal-like

• Fruits or seeds

  Fruit length

  2–4 mm

  Fruit shape

  the fruit is another shape than those described

  Fruit type (specific)

  the fruit is an achene (dry, usually one-seeded, does not separate or split open at maturity)

• Growth form

  Growth form

  the plant is a vine (it cannot support its own weight)

  Lifespan

  the plant lives more than two years

  Spines on plant

  the plant has no spines

• Leaves

  Hairs on underside of leaf

  the underside of the leaf is not hairy, or it has very few hairs

  Hairs on upper side of leaf

  the upper side of the leaf is not hairy, or it has very few hairs

  Leaf arrangement

  alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem

  Leaf blade base

  the leaf has a distinct leaf stalk (petiole)

  Leaf blade base shape

  • the base of the leaf blade is cordate (heart-shaped, has rounded lobes at the base)
  • the base of the leaf blade is sagittate (arrow-shaped, with pointed lobes directed backwards)

  Leaf blade edges

  the edge of the leaf blade is entire (has no teeth or lobes)

  Leaf blade length

  30–100 mm

  Leaf blade shape

  • the leaf blade is oblong (rectangular but with rounded ends)
  • the leaf blade is ovate (widest below the middle and broadly tapering at both ends)

  Leaf blade width

  10–50 mm

  Leaf form

  the leaves are green, with an expanded blade and a leaf-like texture

  Leaf stalk

  the leaves have leaf stalks

  Leaf teeth and lobes

  • the edge of the leaf blade is entire (has no teeth or lobes)
  • the leaf blade margin is wavy, but does not have teeth

  Leaf type

  the leaves are simple (lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)

  Leaf variation

  the leaves are the same size and shape throughout the plant

  Leaves per node

  there is one leaf per node along the stem

  Specific leaf type

  the leaves are simple (lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)

  Stipule features

  the stipules are straight (or somewhat slanted) across the top

  Stipule shape

  the stipules are tubular (cylindrical and hollow)

  Stipules

  the plant has stipules

  Teeth per side of leaf blade

  0

• Place

  Habitat

  terrestrial

  New England state

  Massachusetts

  Specific habitat

  • edges of forests
  • man-made or disturbed habitats

• Stem, shoot, branch

  Hair between stem nodes

  the stem has no hairs between the nodes

  Hairs between stem nodes

  the stem has no hairs between the nodes

  Leaves on stem

  there is at least one full leaf above the base of the flowering stem

  Plant height

  300–1000 cm

Wetland Status

Not classified

New England Distribution and Conservation Status

Exact status definitions can vary from state to state. For details, please check with your state.

Information from Dichotomous Key of Flora Novae Angliae