OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Menispermum canadense   FAMILY Menispermaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_meca3_001_lvd

        

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_meca3_002_lhd

        

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

JK Marlow    jkm120330_218

March    Pickens County    SC

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

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).

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

JK Marlow    jkm0305za_22

May    Buncombe County    NC

Botanical Gardens at Asheville

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

JK Marlow    jkm070526_103

May    Henderson County    NC

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

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).


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image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

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).

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_m_canadense_moonseed

June        

image of Menispermum canadense, Moonseed, Yellow Parilla

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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927

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

 

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