Vines of Florida - Gallery 2

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Pictures - Coral Vine with flowers.

Name - Coral Vine

(Antigonon leptopus)

Family - Polygonaceae

Habitat - Disturbed areas, roadsides, hammocks.

Description - Introduced category 2 invasive species, reaching lengths of 30 to 40 feet and climbing by tendrils. Cordate leaves are up to 4 inches long with entire, with slightly undulate ( wavy ) margins. Upper leaf surface has notably recessed veins with a somewhat wrinkled appearance.

Flower -Racemes of tiny flowers with larger colorful sepals, varying from pink to coral to white in summer.

Pictures - Golden Pothos growing on a Sabal Palm.

Name - Golden Pothos

(Epipremnum pinnatum (L.)Engl)

Family - Araceae

Habitat - Hammocks - coastal and inland

Description - Introduced climbing vine to 30 feet or more, often seen on Sabal Palms, leaves are alternate, ovate, average 18 inches long up to 36 inches. This vine is commonly sold as a potted plant in garden centers and as such usually has a much smaller stature with leaves rarely exceeding 4-5 inches.

Picture - Hairy Pod Cowpea Vine

Name - Hairy Pod Cowpea, Yellow Vigna

(Vigna luteola)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Tidal flats, Thickets, Tidal Marshes, Flatwoods, disturbed sites.

Description - Native perennial vine. Pinnately compound leaves with 3 ovate to linear lanceolate leaflets.

Flower - Yellow, 3/4 inch pea-like, blooms year-round.

Pictures - Rubber Vine and close-up of leaf.

Name - Devil's Potato, Rubbervine

(Echites umbellata Jacquin)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Coastal strand, hammocks, the margins of Mangrove swamps on the Atlantic coast.

Description - Native perennial climbing or clambering vine with milky white sap, 5 feet or more in length. Leaves are thick ovate, oppositely arranged with pointed tips and are V- shaped, related to the Alamanda and Frangipani.

Flower - Hanging 5-6 inch long funnel form flower with spiraled, ruffled white petals, blooming year-round in South Florida.

Pictures - Purple Passionflower flower, Passionflower leaf

Name - Purple Passionflower, Maypop

(Passiflora incarnata)

Family - Passifloraceae

Habitat - Ruderal, margins of thickets. Sunny areas on moist, well drained sandy soils.

Description - Native, perennial. A fast growing vine climbing by tendrils which attach to supporting structures. 10-12 feet long. Leaves are alternate, 6-8 inches long, 3 lobed with finely serrated margins.

Flower - Showy, pinkish to purple, 3-5 inches wide, appearing in summer through the fall. Egg shaped yellow fruit, 1 to 3 inches long.

Picture - Red Passionflower

Name - Red Passionflower

(Passiflora coccinea Aubl.)

Family - Passifloraceae

Habitat - South America, escapes from cultivation.

Description - Introduced perennial woody vine. Length or height variable dependant on supporting structure. Leaf is lobed and 2-4 inches long, alternate, simple, oblong, doubly serrate margins.

Flower - Bright red 3-5 inches across, subtended by four leaf-like bracts. Fruit is egg shaped, yellow at maturity, 1-3 inches long, with a hard, dry, outer layer.

Pictures - Mangrove Rubbervine whole plant, flower close-up

Name - Mangrove Rubber vine

(Rhabdadenia biflora)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Coastal Hammocks, Coastal Swamps and Salt Marshes.

Description - Native perennial climbing vine, stems may be 10 feet or more in length. Leaves are elliptic to slightly obovate with prominent veins and mid-rib.

Flower - White tubular flower with a yellow throat.

Pictures - Salt Marsh Morning-glory flower, leaf.

Name - Glades Morning-glory, Salt Marsh Morning-glory

(Ipomoea sagittata Poir.)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Coastal Dunes, Salt Marsh, Freshwater Marsh, moist and seasonally inundated sites, on sandy soils containing some organic content.

Description - Native, twining herbaceous vine to about 5 feet in length, sometimes forming dense mats. Sagittate (arrowhead shaped) leaves with lanceolate basil lobes.

Flower - Purple, funnel shaped, solitary or in groups of 2 or 3.

Pictures - Downy Milkpea plant, flower close-up.

Name - Downy Milkpea

(Galactia volubilis (L.)Britton)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Upland Forests, Scrub

Description - Native perennial twining vine, tri-foliate elliptic leaves usually having a notched or indented apex.

Flower - Pea-like, purple, fading to a pinkish color before dropping.

Picture - Elliott's Milkpea with flowers.

Name - Elliott's Milkpea

(Galactia elliottii Nutt.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Dry pine flatwoods, Sand scrub, Xeric Hammock

Description - Native. Perennial trailing or twining vine. Leaf compound with 7-9 elliptic, pubescent leaflets.

Flower - White, on long racemes bearing 4-5 flowers

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Vines of Florida - Gallery 2

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Pictures - Coral Vine with flowers.

Name - Coral Vine

(Antigonon leptopus)

Family - Polygonaceae

Habitat - Disturbed areas, roadsides, hammocks.

Description - Introduced category 2 invasive species, reaching lengths of 30 to 40 feet and climbing by tendrils. Cordate leaves are up to 4 inches long with entire, with slightly undulate ( wavy ) margins. Upper leaf surface has notably recessed veins with a somewhat wrinkled appearance.

Flower -Racemes of tiny flowers with larger colorful sepals, varying from pink to coral to white in summer.

Pictures - Golden Pothos growing on a Sabal Palm.

Name - Golden Pothos

(Epipremnum pinnatum (L.)Engl)

Family - Araceae

Habitat - Hammocks - coastal and inland

Picture - Hairy Pod Cowpea Vine

Name - Hairy Pod Cowpea, Yellow Vigna

(Vigna luteola)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Tidal flats, Thickets, Tidal Marshes, Flatwoods, disturbed sites.

Description - Native perennial vine. Pinnately compound leaves with 3 ovate to linear lanceolate leaflets.

Flower - Yellow, 3/4 inch pea-like, blooms year-round.

Pictures - Rubber Vine and close-up of leaf.

Name - Devil's Potato, Rubbervine

(Echites umbellata Jacquin)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Coastal strand, hammocks, the margins of Mangrove swamps on the Atlantic coast.

Description - Native perennial climbing or clambering vine with milky white sap, 5 feet or more in length. Leaves are thick ovate, oppositely arranged with pointed tips and are V- shaped, related to the Alamanda and Frangipani.

Flower - Hanging 5-6 inch long funnel form flower with spiraled, ruffled white petals, blooming year-round in South Florida.

Pictures - Purple Passionflower flower, Passionflower leaf

Name - Purple Passionflower, Maypop

(Passiflora incarnata)

Family - Passifloraceae

Habitat - Ruderal, margins of thickets. Sunny areas on moist, well drained sandy soils.

Description - Native, perennial. A fast growing vine climbing by tendrils which attach to supporting structures. 10-12 feet long. Leaves are alternate, 6-8 inches long, 3 lobed with finely serrated margins.

Flower - Showy, pinkish to purple, 3-5 inches wide, appearing in summer through the fall. Egg shaped yellow fruit, 1 to 3 inches long.

Picture - Red Passionflower

Name - Red Passionflower

(Passiflora coccinea Aubl.)

Family - Passifloraceae

Habitat - South America, escapes from cultivation.

Description - Introduced perennial woody vine. Length or height variable dependant on supporting structure. Leaf is lobed and 2-4 inches long, alternate, simple, oblong, doubly serrate margins.

Flower - Bright red 3-5 inches across, subtended by four leaf-like bracts. Fruit is egg shaped, yellow at maturity, 1-3 inches long, with a hard, dry, outer layer.

Pictures - Mangrove Rubbervine whole plant, flower close-up

Name - Mangrove Rubber vine

(Rhabdadenia biflora)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Coastal Hammocks, Coastal Swamps and Salt Marshes.

Description - Native perennial climbing vine, stems may be 10 feet or more in length. Leaves are elliptic to slightly obovate with prominent veins and mid-rib.

Flower - White tubular flower with a yellow throat.

Pictures - Salt Marsh Morning-glory flower, leaf.

Name - Glades Morning-glory, Salt Marsh Morning-glory

(Ipomoea sagittata Poir.)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Coastal Dunes, Salt Marsh, Freshwater Marsh, moist and seasonally inundated sites, on sandy soils containing some organic content.

Description - Native, twining herbaceous vine to about 5 feet in length, sometimes forming dense mats. Sagittate (arrowhead shaped) leaves with lanceolate basil lobes.

Flower - Purple, funnel shaped, solitary or in groups of 2 or 3.

Pictures - Downy Milkpea plant, flower close-up.

Name - Downy Milkpea

(Galactia volubilis (L.)Britton)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Upland Forests, Scrub

Description - Native perennial twining vine, tri-foliate elliptic leaves usually having a notched or indented apex.

Flower - Pea-like, purple, fading to a pinkish color before dropping.

Picture - Elliott's Milkpea with flowers.

Name - Elliott's Milkpea

(Galactia elliottii Nutt.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Dry pine flatwoods, Sand scrub, Xeric Hammock

Description - Native. Perennial trailing or twining vine. Leaf compound with 7-9 elliptic, pubescent leaflets.

Flower - White, on long racemes bearing 4-5 flowers

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