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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Polygonaceae
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
buckwheat, fagopyrum
Fagopyrum: from the Latin and Greek for beech wheat, from the beechnut-like, edible fruit
esculentum: esculent, edible
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-24" tall forb |
| Flower: | white to pink, 5-parted, 1/4" wide, on stalks of different lengths; inflorescence crowded, compact, terminal cluster (corymb); blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | shiny, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, wide, triangular, lower leaves with long stalks |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites; cultivated |
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