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Mikania scandens (L.)Willd.
Climbing Hempvine
Synonym(s): Mikania batatifolia
Florida native
Found in most counties of Florida where it may bloom all year, climbing hempvine ranges from Texas to Michigan and most states eastward.
A climbing vine with mostly glabrous stems. The leaves are opposite, petiolate and mostly arrowhead-shaped. The white to pinkish flowers are rayless and appear in dense panicles on glabrous or pubescent peduncles. Corollas are mostly 3.5-6mm long. The fruit are black achenes with a pappus of white to purplish bristles. The total length with the pappus is about 5mm and the achenes themselves are 1.2-2.3mm long.
Mikania scandens is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Other species of the Mikania genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Mikania cordifolia - FLORIDA KEYS HEMPVINE
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 20, 2023
