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Menispermum canadense
Menispermum canadense
- Botanic Family
- Menispermaceae
- Author
- Linnaeus
Common Names
- Canadian Moonseed
- Yellow Parilla
Geographical Habitats
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Quebec - Canada
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- District of Colombia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Montana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohaio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvannia
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Vermaont
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia - USA Mexico
Natural Habitats
- Montane areas
- riverside shrubland
- woodland
- thickets
- fencelines
- gallery forest.
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Twining semi-woody finely pubescent perennial vine to 4m long. Entire or 3-7 lobed leaves to 200mm across. Small yellow-green to white flowers in axillary panicles or racemes, sepals 1.5mm long, clawed petals. 10mm thick blue-black fruit. Climbing shrub, peltate leaves, racemes
Fruit & seeds poisonous
Dried root used medicinally
Further References
- Rehder 1934
- Bean 1950
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Krussmann 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Mobot
- RHS A-Z
- GWC 1997
- Bodkin
- NYBG
- The Plant List 2
- Botanicus
- USDA
- JAA
- FOSEUS
- Gleason & Moldenke