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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania cordifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Mikania cordifolia

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

Mikania cordifolia

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

Mikania cordifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Climbing Hempweed


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image of Mikania cordifolia, Heartleaf Climbing Hempweed

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image of Mikania cordifolia, Heartleaf Climbing Hempweed

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image of Mikania cordifolia, Heartleaf Climbing Hempweed

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Quite similar to M. scandens but phyllaries are obtuse or broadly acute, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania cordifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

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

 

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2700

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, mesic hammocks near the coast, margins of tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Lilac/Light pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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