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Gronovia scandens

Botanic Family

Loasaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• wet thickets
• cultivated land

Flowering Times

• All year (Brazil)
• Aug-Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Brazil)

Herbaceous annual tendril climber with stinging hairs, stems armed with fine hooklets. 5-lobed leaves, entire or toothed. 10-18 flowered axillary or terminal inflorescence up to 40mm long with greenish-yellow flowers, 5-petaled, star-shaped yellow or green flowers to 6mm, petals 4mm long. Fruit to 5mm long ribbed when young.

Known weed

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE