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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Menispermum canadense
FAMILY
Menispermaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menispermum canadense
FAMILY
Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Menispermum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Menispermum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 079-02-001:
Menispermum canadense FAMILY Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Menispermum canadense
COMMON NAME:
Moonseed, Yellow Parilla
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_meca3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_meca3_002_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm120330_218
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3706
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves peltate, ovate, 5-7 lobed or angled, whitish beneath, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm0305za_22
May Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
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JK Marlow jkm070526_103
May Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm110522_670
May Greenville County SC
Firefly Forest
Leaves palmately veined, lobed or not, petiole attached inside lower margin, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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JK Marlow jkm110522_670b
May Greenville County SC
Firefly Forest
Panicles axillary, to 15cm long, loose. Flowers 4mm wide, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_canadense_moonseed
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmm_canadense
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Menispermum canadense
FAMILY
Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menispermum canadense
FAMILY
Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Menispermum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Menispermum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 079-02-001:
Menispermum canadense
FAMILY
Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Menispermum canadense
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Woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Moist nutrient-rich forests, especially on floodplains or lower slopes, less commonly in dry calcium-rich forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petiole attached to leaf's lower surface instead of margin; leaves peltate.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
4-8 sepals
4-8 petals
12-24 stamens
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Bluish-black
Drupe cluster
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p227
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p184
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p059
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p356
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p261
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p21
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p212
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