Index / Search / Brunnichia ovata
§1 Plant
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners
vernacular American buckwheat vine — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Brunnichia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 322 counties across 13 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 322 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Crockett 47033
- Decatur 47039
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- McNairy 47109
- Obion 47131
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Jasper 48241
- Kaufman 48257
- Madison 48313
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Van Zandt 48467
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BROV4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2889382 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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