Fallopia convolvulus Black-bindweed (syn.

While it superficially resemble bindweeds in the genus Convolvulus there are many notable differences; it has ocrea (stipule-sheath at nodes), which Convolvulus does not; and Convolvulus has conspicuous trumpet-shaped flowers while Black-bindweed has flowers that are unobtrusive and only about 4 mm long.

Wild buckwheat flowers are also an important source of food for these and other Lepidoptera.

They lay eggs singly various species of wild buckwheat leaves.

Its caterpillar host is various species of Eriogonum (wild buckwheat).

This wild buckwheat is quite variable in appearance.

The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat.

Eriogonum pusillum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name yellowturbans.

The prairie, which seems to stretch forever, is covered with wild buckwheat, yucca and blue grama.

Seeds of two species of pigeon grass, a few other grasses, and wild buckwheat have been found in their burrows.

Eriogonum giganteum (St. Catherine's lace) is a species of wild buckwheat.

Monophagous Lepidoptera on wild buckwheat include:

Eriogonum nodosum - variety jaegeri (wild buckwheat)

The clay-loving wild buckwheat grows in areas where some moisture is retained, such as swales, where snow persists a bit longer.

Eriogonum contiguum is an uncommon species of wild buckwheat known by the common names Reveal's buckwheat and annual desert trumpet.

The Ben Lomond wild buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum var.

The clay-loving wild buckwheat is known only from the adobe clay hills and flats near Delta and Montrose, Colorado.

Eriogonum longifolium - Longleaf Eriogonum or long-leaf wild buckwheat - is a dicot of the family Polygonaceae.

This wild buckwheat species produces erect stems up to 20 centimeters tall and bearing inflorescences of many tiny bright yellow flowers in headlike clusters or cymes.

Eriogonum thymoides is an "abundant" species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name thymeleaf wild buckwheat, or simply thymeleaf buckwheat.

Callophrys sheridanii larvae and caterpillars feed on various species of wild buckwheat, including Eriogonum racemosum and Eriogonum heracleoides.

Eriogonum tomentosum, commonly referred to as dogtongue buckwheat or dogtongue wild buckwheat, is a species in the Polygonaceae (smartweed or knotweed) family.

Fallopia convolvulus (Black-bindweed or Wild buckwheat) is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa.

Other old folk names include bear-bind, bind-corn, climbing bindweed, climbing buckwheat, corn-bind, corn bindweed, devil's tether, and wild buckwheat.

Eriogonum eremicola is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common names Telescope Peak buckwheat and Wild Rose Canyon buckwheat.

Eriogonum crocatum (Conejo Buckwheat or Saffron Buckwheat) is a species of Eriogonum, or Wild Buckwheat.

Additionally, there are several hundred plant species throughout Runyon Canyon including black sage, elderberry, California sagebrush, wild buckwheat, golden yarrow, laurel sumac, scrub oak, sugar bush and toyon.

Black-bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

Some weeds also act as hosts including Stellaria media, Linaria vulgaris, Polygonum aviculare, Fallopia convolvulus and Galium aparine.