Editing Fallopia convolvulus (section)

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae}}
{{redirect|Black bindweed|another plant with the same common name|Dioscorea communis}}
{{About|the Eurasian/African plant sometimes known as ''wild buckwheat''|other plants which share the same common name|Wild buckwheat (disambiguation){{!}}Buckwheat (disambiguation)}}
{{speciesbox
 | image = Fallopia convolvulus1pl.jpg
 | genus = Fallopia
 | species = convolvulus
 | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Á.Löve]] 1970
 | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2807634 The Plant List, ''Fallopia convolvulus'' (L.) Á.Löve ]</ref>
 | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|title=<small>Synonymy</small>
|''Polygonum convolvulus'' <small>L. 1753</small>
|''Bilderdykia convolvulus'' <small>(L.) Dumort</small>
|''Fagopyrum carinatum'' <small>Moench</small>
|''Fagopyrum convolvulus'' <small>(L.) H.Gross</small>
|''Helxine convolvulus'' <small>(L.) Raf.</small>
|''Reynoutria convolvulus'' <small>(L.) Shinners</small>
|''Tiniaria convolvulus'' <small>(L.) Webb & Moq.</small>
|''Fagopyrum volubile'' <small>Gilib.</small>
|''Polygonum convolvulaceum'' <small>Lam.</small>
|''Polygonum infestum'' <small>Salisb.</small>
}}}}

'''''Fallopia convolvulus''''', the '''black-bindweed''' or '''wild buckwheat''', is a fast-growing [[annual plant|annual]] [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Polygonaceae]] native throughout [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and northern [[Africa]].<ref name=europe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2028 ''Fallopia convolvulus'']{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=china>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242100055 ''Fallopia convolvulus'']</ref><ref name=pakistan>Flora of Pakistan: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242100055 ''Fallopia convolvulus'']</ref><ref name=Blamey>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C., 1989. ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. {{ISBN|0-340-40170-2}}.</ref><ref name="ars-grin.gov">{{GRIN | accessdate = 24 December 2017}}</ref>

[[Synonym (taxonomy)|Synonyms]] include ''Polygonum convolvulus'' L. ([[basionym]]), ''Bilderdykia convolvulus'' (L.) Dumort, ''Fagopyrum convolvulus'' (L.) H.Gross, ''Fagopyrum carinatum'' Moench, ''Helxine convolvulus'' (L.) Raf., ''Reynoutria convolvulus'' (L.) Shinners, and ''Tiniaria convolvulus'' (L.) Webb & Moq.<ref name=china/><ref name=pakistan/> Other old folk names include bear-bind, bind-corn, climbing bindweed, climbing buckwheat, corn-bind, corn bindweed, devil's tether, and wild buckwheat.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}