Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Causonis japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read about Bushkiller from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Causonis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayratia japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayratia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Causonis japonica
COMMON NAME:
Bushkiller, Sorrel Vine
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Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org bug_2105064
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Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org bug_2105065
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Salmon-colored flowers develop in umbels. Fruits are black or white berries, per www.invasive.org.
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Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org bug_2105066
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Each leaf has 5 ovate to orbicular leaflets. A tendril is opposite each leaf, per www.invasive.org.
COMPARE
compound leaves of vines
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Causonis japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cayratia japonica
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cayratia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Causonis japonica
2933
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southeast Asia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Compound: 5 leaflets
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Leaves are subtended by deciduous stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale pink? cream?
Radially symmetrical
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual
Flowers in an umbel
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black or white
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".