Author | (L.) L. | |
Distribution | Known only from a collection made by Mark Basinger in October 2020 in Wilson County: "at forest margin to ag fields next to 6044 Wiggins Mill Rd at Lamms Crossroads...no fruit observed on vine, it has been growing here for 3 years." The specimens are at NCU.
Native along coast, islands, and near-coastal from southern SC to FL, TX, AR and Mex.; south to northern S.A. In N.A. also inland to MO, KS, AZ, but probably not native there. | |
Abundance | Very rare in NC; a single population. | |
Habitat | Ecotone between ag field and forest. Elsewhere, native plants occur on dunes, interdunes, shell middens, hammocks, and bluffs. | |
Phenology | | |
Identification | A woody or semi-woody vine that clambers over low to moderate height vegetation. Leaves are alternate, succulent (thick-textured), glabrous, and deeply 3-lobed, the margins +- sinuous and irregularly toothed. Flowers grow in cymes on stalks opposite terminal leaves. | |
Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is Cissus incisa.
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | G5 | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
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