Flora of the Southeastern United States

Intro: Delicate, vining biennial that scrambles over other plants and into trees, found on cliffs, talus, rocky slopes, rich stream-bottom forests, cool rocky forests and burned areas, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.

Stems: Stems climbing, smooth; in its first year a plant is essentially stemless, with only several upright leaves.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2 times pinnately divided, pale green beneath; reduced in size at the upper reaches of the vine, where leaves act like tendrils.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in drooping clusters from leaf axils, white to pale pink, 1/2-2/3 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, shaped like upside-down vases with a pair of tiny, scale-like bracts at the flower base (which is on top) and 2 spreading lobes at the mouth of the vase.

Fruits: Fruit a narrow, oval capsule.

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Height: to 12 ft.

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description: Delicate, vining biennial that scrambles over other plants and into trees, found on cliffs, talus, rocky slopes, rich stream-bottom forests, cool rocky forests and burned areas, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.

stems: Stems climbing, smooth; in its first year a plant is essentially stemless, with only several upright leaves.

leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2 times pinnately divided, pale green beneath; reduced in size at the upper reaches of the vine, where leaves act like tendrils.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in drooping clusters from leaf axils, white to pale pink, 1/2-2/3 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and tubular, shaped like upside-down vases with a pair of tiny, scale-like bracts at the flower base (which is on top) and 2 spreading lobes at the mouth of the vase.

fruits: Fruit a narrow, oval capsule.

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native range: eastern North America