Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Twining herbaceous vine to 5 m, puberulent and somewhat atomiferous to subglabrous; roots fleshy, fascicled; leaves petiolate, deeply cordate, acuminate, entire or sinuately few-toothed, palmately veined, 2.5–14 × 1.5–8.5 cm; infls small and numerous, corymbiform, on axillary peduncles; invol 4–5.5 mm; fls white or pinkish; achenes 1.5–2.5 mm; 2n=38. Climbing on bushes in moist places; on the coastal plain (or near the coast) from Me. to Fla., Ill., and Tex., s. to trop. Amer.; locally inland to Mich., Ind., and Ky.; pantropical. July–Oct.