| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Widely scattered in the outer Coastal Plain, lower Piedmont, and the Mountains. Specimens from Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Orange counties are misidentified or from cultivated plants.
Native of southern Europe; in N.A. scattered throughout southern Canada and the U.S. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, yard weed, thicket by river, bank by maritime channel. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-November. | |
| Identification | Matrimony Vine is a shrub with alternate leaves on young shoots, later with tufts of leaves of various sizes and also a thorn. The flowers grow in leaf axils, 10-12 mm across, dull pink-purple. Fruits are ovoid and bright red, drooping. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is L. halimifolia.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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