Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Climbing Fumitory from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-01-001:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Fumitory, Allegheny Vine, Cliff-Harlequin
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_adfu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150424_760
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaf segments elliptic to obovate, mostly 1-2cm long, 5-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
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JK Marlow jkm150424_766
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150424_770
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaf segments reduced upward as the leaves become tendriloid [tendril-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1537
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Jeff Ausmus jma_adl_fun
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_adl_fun2
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Flowers shaped like an upside-down vase with 2 spreading lobes at its mouth, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-01-001:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
3225
Herbaceous vine
Biennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it on cliffs, talus, rocky slopes, rich stream-bottom forests, cool rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
1- or 2-pinnately compound
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pale pink
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens, diadelphous
Superior ovary
Flowers in drooping clusters from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p091
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p071
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p055