Index / Search / Polygonum scandens var. cristatum
§1 Plant
Polygonum scandens L. var. cristatum (Engelm. & A. Gray) Gleason
vernacular climbing false buckwheat — variety · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Polygonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 279 counties across 23 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 279 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Williamson 17199
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Union 21225
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Iberia 22045
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Mason 54053
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POSCC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8307485 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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