Vines of Florida - Gallery 3

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Picture - Sensitive Briar flower, stem and leaf.

Name - Sensitive Briar, Catclaw Mimosa

(Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. floridana)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Flatwoods

Description - Native, perennial, a trailing semi-woody vine to 4 feet or more with ribbed stems and small re-curved thorns. Bipinnate compound leaves fold closed when touched, hence the name Sensitive Briar.

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Flatwoods.

Flower- Pink, 3/4 inch in diameter, with bright yellow tipped stamens.

Pictures - Puncture Weed flower, plant

Name - Puncture Weed, Burr-nut, Jamaican Feverplant

(Tribulus cistoides L.)

Family - Zygophyllaceae

Habitat - Sandy areas, disturbed sites, common roadside plant.

Description - Introduced. Perennial Vine, Sub-shrub, Forb, herb. Mat forming, 2-8 inches in height, leaves pinnately compound.

Flower - Yellow, 1 1/2-2 inches across, fruit is a spiny brown nut.

Picture - Climbing Hempvine flowers, leaf.

Name - Climbing Hempvine

(Mikania scandens L.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Open areas of moist Flatwoods, Prairies

Description - Native low climbing or twining herbaceous vine. Leaves are opposite, cordate (heart shaped), acuminate to near 5 inches long.

Flower - Clusters of numerous white, rayless flowers.

Picture - Ocean Blue Morning Glory flower

Name - Ocean Blue Morning-Glory

(Ipomoea indica)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Coastal strand, coastal hammocks.

Description - Native Florida annual or perennial vine.

Flower - Deep blue to purple, funnel shaped to 3 1/2 inches wide.

Picture - Noyau vine

Name - Noyau vine, Alamo vine

(Merremia dissecta)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Ruderal

Description - Native status of this plant is uncertain. Twining vine with hirsute stems, leaves are deeply palmately lobed.

Flower - 3-4 inch white tubular flower with reddish center

Pictures - White and red flower Bleeding Heart vine, Purple and red flowers.

Name - Bleeding Heart Vine

(Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

Family - Lamiaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, escapes from cultivation in the southern part of the state.

Description - Not native, introduced perennial twining vine to 20 feet or more in length. Leaves are alternate, ovate to slightly cordate with entire margins.

Flower - Clusters of flowers with crimson red petals, equal or slightly larger white or sometimes purplish sepals. Long protruding (exserted) stamens.

Pictures - Hairy Indigo plant, flower close-up.

Name - Hairy Indigo

(Indigofera hirsuta L.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, Flatwoods

Description - Not Native, Introduced. Annual, prostrate or climbing to 36 inches in height. Leaves pinnately compound with elliptic leaflets.

Flower - Typical pea-like, pinkish-red flowers.

Pictures - White twinevine, White twinevine flower head, flower close-up.

Name - White Twinevine

(Sarcostemma clausum)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Coastal strand, shell mounds, ruderal

Description - Native perennial twining vine. Variable opposite leaves, ovate to lanceolate

Flower - Clusters of fragrant 1/2 inch white flowers having 5 hairy petals.

Pictures - Air Potato aerial tuber, leaf.

Name - Air potato

(Dioscorea bulbifera L.)

Family - Dioscoreaceae

Habitat - Margins of forests, particularly in moist areas

Description - Introduced invasive twining vine, fast growing to 60 70 feet, covering and shading out native plants. Long stalked, cordate alternate leaves to 8 inches long with palmately arranged veins. Produces aerial tubers from leaf axils from which new plants develop.

Flower - Usually not present in Florida.

Pictures - Spurred butterfly-pea flower close-up, leave and seed pod detail.

Name - Spurred butterfly-pea

(Centrosema virginianum L.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Open areas of Hammocks, Wet Pinelands, Margins of Wet Prairies on moist sandy soils.

Description - Climbing, twining vine, grows to 6 feet or more in length, trifoliate leaves with lanceolate leaflets. The 1 inch or slightly larger flowers vary in color from lavender to white. Blooms from spring through fall. Fruit is a flattened pod.

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Vines of Florida - Gallery 3

Vines Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized images

Picture - Sensitive Briar flower, stem and leaf.

Name - Sensitive Briar, Catclaw Mimosa

(Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. floridana)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Flatwoods

Description - Native, perennial, a trailing semi-woody vine to 4 feet or more with ribbed stems and small re-curved thorns. Bipinnate compound leaves fold closed when touched, hence the name Sensitive Briar.

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Flatwoods.

Flower- Pink, 3/4 inch in diameter, with bright yellow tipped stamens.

Pictures - Puncture Weed flower, plant

Name - Puncture Weed, Burr-nut, Jamaican Feverplant

(Tribulus cistoides L.)

Family - Zygophyllaceae

Habitat - Sandy areas, disturbed sites, common roadside plant.

Description - Introduced. Perennial Vine, Sub-shrub, Forb, herb. Mat forming, 2-8 inches in height, leaves pinnately compound.

Flower - Yellow, 1 1/2-2 inches across, fruit is a spiny brown nut.

Picture - Climbing Hempvine flowers, leaf.

Name - Climbing Hempvine

(Mikania scandens L.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Open areas of moist Flatwoods, Prairies

Description - Native low climbing or twining herbaceous vine. Leaves are opposite, cordate (heart shaped), acuminate to near 5 inches long.

Flower - Clusters of numerous white, rayless flowers.

Picture - Ocean Blue Morning Glory flower

Name - Ocean Blue Morning-Glory

(Ipomoea indica)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Coastal strand, coastal hammocks.

Description - Native Florida annual or perennial vine.

Flower - Deep blue to purple, funnel shaped to 3 1/2 inches wide.

Picture - Noyau vine

Name - Noyau vine, Alamo vine

(Merremia dissecta)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Ruderal

Description - Native status of this plant is uncertain. Twining vine with hirsute stems, leaves are deeply palmately lobed.

Flower - 3-4 inch white tubular flower with reddish center

Pictures - White and red flower Bleeding Heart vine, Purple and red flowers.

Name - Bleeding Heart Vine

(Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

Family - Lamiaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, escapes from cultivation in the southern part of the state.

Description - Not native, introduced perennial twining vine to 20 feet or more in length. Leaves are alternate, ovate to slightly cordate with entire margins.

Flower - Clusters of flowers with crimson red petals, equal or slightly larger white or sometimes purplish sepals. Long protruding (exserted) stamens.

Pictures - Hairy Indigo plant, flower close-up.

Name - Hairy Indigo

(Indigofera hirsuta L.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, Flatwoods

Description - Not Native, Introduced. Annual, prostrate or climbing to 36 inches in height. Leaves pinnately compound with elliptic leaflets.

Flower - Typical pea-like, pinkish-red flowers.

Pictures - White twinevine, White twinevine flower head, flower close-up.

Name - White Twinevine

(Sarcostemma clausum)

Family - Apocynaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Coastal strand, shell mounds, ruderal

Description - Native perennial twining vine. Variable opposite leaves, ovate to lanceolate

Flower - Clusters of fragrant 1/2 inch white flowers having 5 hairy petals.

Pictures - Air Potato aerial tuber, leaf.

Name - Air potato

(Dioscorea bulbifera L.)

Family - Dioscoreaceae

Habitat - Margins of forests, particularly in moist areas

Description - Introduced invasive twining vine, fast growing to 60 70 feet, covering and shading out native plants. Long stalked, cordate alternate leaves to 8 inches long with palmately arranged veins. Produces aerial tubers from leaf axils from which new plants develop.

Flower - Usually not present in Florida.

Pictures - Spurred butterfly-pea flower close-up, leave and seed pod detail.

Name - Spurred butterfly-pea

(Centrosema virginianum L.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Open areas of Hammocks, Wet Pinelands, Margins of Wet Prairies on moist sandy soils.

Description - Climbing, twining vine, grows to 6 feet or more in length, trifoliate leaves with lanceolate leaflets. The 1 inch or slightly larger flowers vary in color from lavender to white. Blooms from spring through fall. Fruit is a flattened pod.

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