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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Mikania scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Mikania scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-35-001:

Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Mikania scandens

 

COMMON NAME:
Climbing Hempweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_misc_001_lvd

        

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_misc_006_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_m_scandens_07674

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm120728_070

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm120728_072

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

Nutlets in tight clusters, topped with whitish barbed [pappus] bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm120729_092

July    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120729_095

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves cordate at base with wide sinuses, 2 lateral veins prominent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE palmately veined leaves of vines

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmscandens_212

August-September        

Heads at the tips of long stalks (longer than leaves) from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

Gill Newberry    gn09_m_scandens_heads

September        

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JK Marlow    jkm140909_524

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm140909_525527

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Compare the pinnately veined leaf of Fallopia (bottom right).

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm140909_537

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm140909_537b

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Numerous heads, each with 4 disc flowers, in small rounded clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm140909_537c

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Each head has 4 acuminate, nearly smooth, involucral bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mikania_scandens_2

September        

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mikania_scandens_3

September        

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    s070913_b

September    Beaufort County    SC

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

Gill Newberry    gn10_mikania_hab

October        

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm141025_263

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Mikania scandens, Climbing Hempweed

JK Marlow    jkm161013_928

October    Greenville County    SC

Cedar Falls Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Mikania scandens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-35-001:
Mikania scandens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

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2219

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, swamp forests, wet thickets, streambanks, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

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