Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adlumia fungosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Adlumia fungosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-01-001:
Adlumia fungosa FAMILY Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Adlumia fungosa
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Fumitory, Allegheny Vine, Cliff-Harlequin
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adlumia fungosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Adlumia fungosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-01-001:
Adlumia fungosa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Adlumia fungosa
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Herbaceous vine
Biennial
Habitat: Cliffs, talus, rocky slopes, rich stream-bottom forests, cool rocky forests, burned areas, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
1- or 2-pinnately compound
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pale pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens, diadelphous
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p091
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p055
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