Adlumia fungosa (Aiton) Greene ex Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Alleghany-vine, Cliff-Harlequin, Climbing Fumitory. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: Cliffs, talus, rocky slopes, rich stream-bottom forests, cool rocky forests, burned areas, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks. Dist: QC west to WI and MN, south to n. DE, w. NC, TN, and IN. Reported for Plaquemine Parish, LA (Allen 2017), a location that seems biogeographically implausible to be a native occurrence.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: The seeds are apparently long-lived and are scarified by fire; the species appears after fires where not previously apparent (R. Allen, pers. comm., 2017).
Synonymy: = C, F, FNA3, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W
Heliophily ?: 4
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