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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dolichandra unguis-cati   FAMILY Bignoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macfadyena unguis-cati   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

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

Dolichandra unguis-cati

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Macfadyena unguis-cati

SYNONYMOUS WITH Linnaeus

Bignonia unguis-cati

 

COMMON NAME:
Claw-vine, Cat's-claw-vine


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image of Dolichandra unguis-cati, Claw-vine, Cat's-claw-vine

Alan S. Weakley    asw_600111808686303

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Tendrils hooked, claw-like, the 3 equal branches each with a stiff sharply-pointed hook-like tip, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Dolichandra unguis-cati, Claw-vine, Cat's-claw-vine

Alan S. Weakley    asw_620667362817055

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Resembling the native Bignonia capreolata, its leaves have 2 leaflets w a tendril in the middle, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dolichandra unguis-cati   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macfadyena unguis-cati   FAMILY Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dolichandra unguis-cati

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Macfadyena unguis-cati

SYNONYMOUS WITH Linnaeus
Bignonia unguis-cati

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4798

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fruit groves, hammock edges, cultivated and naturalized, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America

Rare

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound, highly modified to 2 basal leaflets & a terminal tendril
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Bright yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-lobed trumpet-shaped corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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