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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine
Leaf Retention: Deciduous
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Venation: Palmate
Leaf Margin: Lobed
Breeding System: Dioecious
Inflorescence: Panicle , Raceme
Fruit Type: Drupe
Size Notes: Size is indeterminate, but vines climb by twining and scrambling to the tops of tall trees, 30 feet or more in height. Young stems are often bluish-green. Older stems may develop warty bark and may be 1/2 inch in diameter. Vines die to the ground during
Leaf: Leaves are borne on new growth. The leaves have narrow petioles to about 1 foot long. The leaf is roughly pentagonal in shape. Deeply to shallowly 3-5-(7) lobed. To about 1 foot in length and width.
Flower: The inflorescence is best described as a narrow panicle. It is usually pendulous and emerges from the stem above a leaf node.
Fruit: The fruit is a green or black ellipsoid drupe about 1 inch long when mature. It contains a single seed, concave on one side. Often, multiple fruits are borne on a single infructescence.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White
Bloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul
Bloom Notes: Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. The flowers usually have 6, but as many as 12 cream-colored sepals and no petals.

Distribution

USA: AL , AR , FL , GA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MO , MS , OK , SC , TN , TX
Native Habitat: Found in deciduous, riparian forests.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACW				FACW	FACW		FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Calycocarpum lyonii in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Calycocarpum lyonii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Calycocarpum lyonii