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Woody vine
Perennial
Monoecious
Has translucent to milky-white latex
Non-native: south Asia
Documented growing wild in
GA
-
SC
Rare. Locally common in old seaports in the South.
Look for it on walls, in disturbed urban areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
2-6 sepals
1-2 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ficus pumila
FAMILY
Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ficus pumila
FAMILY
Moraceae
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Fig, Creeping Fig
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Paul Thompson pstficus_pumila
September?
Leaf base is oblique. — Clemson Extension