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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-35-001:
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Hempweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_misc_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_misc_006_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_m_scandens_07674
April Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm120728_070
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm120728_072
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Nutlets in tight clusters, topped with whitish barbed [pappus] bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm120729_092
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120729_095
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves cordate at base with wide sinuses, 2 lateral veins prominent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmscandens_212
August-September
Heads at the tips of long stalks (longer than leaves) from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Gill Newberry gn09_m_scandens_heads
September
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JK Marlow jkm140909_524
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_525527
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Compare the pinnately veined leaf of Fallopia (bottom right).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_537
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_537b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Numerous heads, each with 4 disc flowers, in small rounded clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_537c
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Each head has 4 acuminate, nearly smooth, involucral bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mikania_scandens_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mikania_scandens_3
September
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JK Marlow s070913_b
September Beaufort County SC
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Gill Newberry gn10_mikania_hab
October
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JK Marlow jkm141025_263
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm161013_928
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-35-001:
Mikania scandens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
2219
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: marshes, swamp forests, wet thickets, streambanks, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p126
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p105
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p107
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p315
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p366
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p180
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p236