Common Name: black fringed knotweed, fringed bindweedScientific Name: Polygonum cilinode Michx. syn. syn. Fallopia cilinodisFamily Name: Polygonaceae - Smartweed or Buckwheat FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemstwining or trailing, branched, round, pubescent to nearly smooth, ochrea and fringe of downward pointing hairs at nodes Leavesalternate, oval to triangular, entire, deep heart-shaped base Flowerswhite; axillary clusters, simple or branched