Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mikania cordifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p107
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p102
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