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Mikania houstoniana

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Willdenow

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

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

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• riverside woods

Flowering Times

• Jan (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

Woody or herbaceous vine with puberulent or pilose stems. Mostly glabrous leaves. Racemes of white or greenish-white flower heads 6mm high with sparsely puberulent phyllaries. Whitish pappus.

Further References

• Standley
• NYBG