Author | (Regel) Holub | |
Distribution | Abundantly covering shrubs and climbing to 30 feet up trees at a hedgerow in Carthage, Moore County, 21 Oct 2024. At SERNEC there are 3 collections under this name or its synonyms, from Forsyth and Orange counties; all of them were taken from cultivated plants. Therefore, they are not mapped here.
Native to Asia; in North America scattered from MA to MI and WA, south to AL, NM, and CA. | |
Abundance | Very rare as an escape in NC. The one population in Moore County has thousands of twining stems and branches. | |
Habitat | Hedgerow. | |
Phenology | In full flower 21 Oct 2024. | |
Identification | High climbing vine, also clambering over shrubs. Leaves ovate-triangular with an acute tip and +- cordate base. Inflorescenses are very numerous, grow from leaf nodes and produce many branches supporting abundant, tiny, white to creamy white flowers. Note the late season flowering period. | |
Taxonomic Comments | Synonyms include F. aubertii, Polygonum aubertii.
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Other Common Name(s) | Oriental Lace-vine. | |
State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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