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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pueraria montana var. lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pueraria montana var. lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pueraria montana var. lobata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Pueraria montana var. lobata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-48-001:

Pueraria lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pueraria thunbergiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Kudzu, Foot-a-Day


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image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_237

        

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm0402f_27

February    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    s040515_m

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves may be entire or deeply 2-3 lobed, densely pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm150724_541

July    Pickens County    SC

Doodle Trail

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1171_b

August        

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2914

August    Greenville County    SC

Flowers on bracted short hairy pedicels, opening from base of raceme to top, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2915

August    Greenville County    SC

Leaflets usually slightly lobed (unless in shade), and with pointed tips, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2917

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2919

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pueraria_lobata

September        

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    s070915_a

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves may be entire or deeply 2-3 lobed, densely pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

Steve Marlow    snm140905_132

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm0310d_11

October    Pickens County    SC

Roadside

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    jkm071020_070

October    Pickens County    SC

Upper petal lavender-rose to wine-colored with an inner yellow spot, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Pueraria montana var. lobata, Kudzu, Foot-a-Day

JK Marlow    s031226_b

December    Greenville County    SC

Fruit green, ripening to tan, with stiff golden-brown hairs, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pueraria montana var. lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pueraria montana var. lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pueraria montana var. lobata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Pueraria montana var. lobata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-48-001:
Pueraria lobata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pueraria thunbergiana

 

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Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, waste areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Common

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-purple
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx (upper lobes united, so it appears 4-lobed)
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers in dense, axillary, spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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