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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
A climbing, spreading vine with clusters of attractive white flowers, followed by showy starburst-like clusters of achenes with long feathery tails.
Identification notes: Vine from a woody base; stems climbing or trailing; leaves opposite and compound; 5 to 7 leaflets are ascending, green, toothed and sparsely hairy; showy white flowers, male and female flowers on separate plants, fine hairs of achenes <2 inches.
Height:
9 to 18 feet
Habitat Description: Forest edges, woods, riparian deciduous woodlands, moist wooded draws, scrub, clearings and pastures, usually near streams or on moist slopes.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 8500 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Flat, dense, white or cream flowers in 3 to 8 inches wide clusters of 7 to 20 flowers, each flower 1 inch wide. Flowers have 4 white, petal-like sepals around erect white flower parts.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Smooth, stalked, dark green leaves divided into 5 to 7 irregularly toothed or lobed leaflets that are 1 to 3-1/2 inches long. Leaves hairy to nearly smooth.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Achenes in a dense cluster, each with long, fine hairs like a feather, 1 to 2 inches long.
Seed Notes:
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