Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Causonis japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read about Bushkiller from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Causonis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayratia japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayratia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Causonis japonica
COMMON NAME:
Bushkiller, Sorrel Vine
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Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org bug_2105065
Month Unknown
Salmon-colored flowers develop in umbels. Fruits are black or white berries, per www.invasive.org.
Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org bug_2105066
Month Unknown
Each leaf has 5 ovate to orbicular leaflets. A tendril is opposite each leaf, per www.invasive.org.
COMPARE compound leaves of vines
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Causonis japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayratia japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayratia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Causonis japonica
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