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Mikania congesta

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Alagoas
• Ceará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Leeward islands
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Riverbank
• forest edge
• swamp
• disturbed areas
• frequently inundated areas

Flowering Times

• All Year (Greater Antilles)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Herbaceous twining climber, or creeper with puberulous striate stems, lobed leaves to 140mm x 120mm with whitish hairs. Terminal or lateral panicles to 60mm with bracts, of greenish-white flowers to 5mm long with bracts, phyllaries to 4mm long, white corolla 3mm long, tube 1.5mm long, throat 1.5mm long, teeth 0.5mm long. Black achenes to 3.5mm long, white pappus bristles 3mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• VOPR
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Holmes