Fagopyrum tataricum

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2. Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. (C and N-As.) – A regular but always ephemeral alien, possibly under-recorded due to confusion with Fagopyrum esculentum. Found in identical habitats and also formerly cultivated in Belgium, but much less frequent than Fagopyrum esculentum.

Fagopyrum tataricum, Balen (Schepsveld), September 2008, R. Barendse.

 Fagopyrum tataricum, Gent, port, roadside at Sifferdok, August 2011, I. Jacobs
Fagopyrum tataricum, Gent, port, roadside at Sifferdok, August 2011, I. Jacobs Fagopyrum tataricum, Gent, port, roadside at Sifferdok, August 2011, I. Jacobs
 

Herbarium specimen

 

Selected literature:

Ohnishi O. (1998) Search for the wild ancestor of buckwheat III. The wild ancestor of cultivated common buckwheat, and of Tartary buckwheat. Econ. Bot. 52: 123-133.

Palmer J.R. (1980) Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertner and other plants associated with game bird food. B.S.B.I. News 26: 19.

Scholz H. (1983) Fagopyrum tataricum als Problempflanze. Göttinger Flor. Rundbr. 17(3-4): 164-167.

Taxonomic name: 
Fagopyrum tataricum (Species List)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith