Hippocratea volubilis Linnaeus. Common name: Medicine-vine. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Coastal berms, maritime hammocks, rockland hammocks, and strand swamps. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA12, K4, Mex, S, WH3; = Hippocratea ovata Lam. — S13. Basionym: Hippocratea volubilis L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Hippocratea volubilis - FNA12
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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