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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficus pumila   FAMILY Moraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus pumila   FAMILY Moraceae

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

Ficus pumila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Ficus pumila

 

COMMON NAME:
Climbing Fig, Creeping Fig


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image of Ficus pumila, Climbing Fig, Creeping Fig

Paul Thompson    pstficus_pumila

September?        

Leaf base is oblique. — Clemson Extension

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficus pumila   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus pumila   FAMILY Moraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Ficus pumila

 

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3016

Woody vine
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Walls, disturbed urban areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: south Asia

Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has translucent to milky-white latex

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
2-6 sepals
1-2 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:

 

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