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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Climbing Hempweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_misc_001_lvd
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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
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JK Marlow jkm120728_070
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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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).
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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).
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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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).
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Gill Newberry gn09_m_scandens_heads
September
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JK Marlow jkm140909_524
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_525527
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Compare the pinnately veined leaf of Fallopia (bottom right).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_537
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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).
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mikania_scandens_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mikania_scandens_3
September
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JK Marlow s070913_b
September Beaufort County SC
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Gill Newberry gn10_mikania_hab
October
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JK Marlow jkm141025_263
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p126
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p105
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p107
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p102
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p315
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p366
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p180
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p236
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