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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dolichandra unguis-cati
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macfadyena unguis-cati
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dolichandra unguis-cati
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Macfadyena unguis-cati
SYNONYMOUS WITH Linnaeus
Bignonia unguis-cati
COMMON NAME:
Claw-vine, Cat's-claw-vine
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Alan S. Weakley asw_600111808686303
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Tendrils hooked, claw-like, the 3 equal branches each with a stiff sharply-pointed hook-like tip, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_620667362817055
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Resembling the native Bignonia capreolata, its leaves have 2 leaflets w a tendril in the middle, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dolichandra unguis-cati
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macfadyena unguis-cati
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dolichandra unguis-cati
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Macfadyena unguis-cati
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Bignonia unguis-cati
4798
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fruit groves, hammock edges, cultivated and naturalized, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Rare
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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound, highly modified to 2 basal leaflets & a terminal tendril
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Bright yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-lobed trumpet-shaped corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p193
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p204
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