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Mikania variifolia

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Hieronymus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• forest edge
• riverine forest
• pampas
• gallery forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul
• Aug

Fruiting Times

High-climbing twining subshrub or liana to 10m with glabrescent stems, minutely hairy foliage. Corymbose panicles to 70mm long with bracteoles to 4mm x 1mm, white flowers, glabrous corolla to 5mm long, tube 2.5mm long, lobes 1.5mm long. Puberulous achenes 4mm long with papus 6mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Fl. do Brasil