Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cannabis sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
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Marijuana is a tall to very tall, rangey herbaceous plant with leaves deeply palmately divided into 3-9 serrate, tapered leaflets. Populations are often well-hidden, so that this species is under-collected. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Hemp is a fast-growing, herbaceous plant that can reach up to 4 meters high. One of the first countries to use it as a hallucinogen was India. Read more at "Magical, Mystical and Medicinal".
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. indica
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. spontanea
INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. spontanea
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Cannabis sativa
COMMON NAME:
Marijuana, Hemp
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_109
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cannabis sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. indica
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. spontanea
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. spontanea
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Cannabis sativa
4340
Forb
Annual
Usually dioecious
Habitat: Disturbed areas and clandestinely cultivated plots, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Asia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: (3)5-7(9) leaflets
Lower often opposite, upper alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish, cream, pale yellow
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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