Merremia dissecta

Alamo vine, noyau vine

Native to Florida

Species Overview

Species Characteristics

Leaves simple, deeply palmately 7-lobed but not compound, margins sinuate-dentate; sepals much enlarged in fruit; flowers not borne in umbels; corolla white with a purple throat (although Austin refers to it as red); fruiting calyx ca. 5 cm wide. Occurs in disturbed sites. Flowers in spring through fall. (Wunderlin and Hansen, 2011).

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