Fallopia FNA Key - Sask
The following key was created as follows:
 |
Started with key to Polygonum species in the Flora of North America (FNA) |
|
Removed all species not found in Saskatchewan according to FNA distribution maps. |
|
Added rarity/abundance information, also taken from Harms. CC - very common, C - common, FC - fairly common, UC - uncommon, VUL - vulnerable, THR - threatened, END - endangered, ADV? - possibly adventive, R - rare (applies to introduced species only). |
|
Added common names. |
|
Linked species name to species description in Flora of North America |
1. Ocreae bases fringed with reflexed
hairs and slender bristles. Fallopia
cilinodis
Ocreae bases glabrous or scabrid. (2)
2. Achenes minutely granular-tuberculate,
dull; fruiting perianths glabrous or with blunt, hyaline hairs, wings absent or,
rarely, 0.4-0.9 mm wide; plants annual. Fallopia
convolvulus
Achenes smooth, shiny; fruiting perianths glabrous, wings
(0.7-)1.5-2.1 mm wide; plants perennial or annual. Fallopia
scandens