Mikania micrantha H.B.K.
Common Name : Mile a minute
Family : Asteraceae
HABIT |
A CREEPING PERENNIAL. |
STEMS |
MUCH-BRANCHED, SCRAMBLING,
TWINING, SLENDERVINE; HERBACEOUS TO SEMI-WOODY, BRANCHED, RIBBED, SPARSELY
PUBESCENT OR GLABROUS. |
LEAVES |
SIMPLE, OPPOSITE, GLABROUS, THIN, BROADLY OVATE, SHALLOWLY OR
COARSELY TOOTHED, TRIANGULAR OR OVATE, TIP ACUMINATE, BLADE 4-13 CM LONG, 2-9
CM WIDE, 3-7 NERVED; PETIOLES TENDRILIFORM, 2-9 CM LONG . |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE A CORYMBOSE
PANICLE WITH SUBCYMOSE BRANCHES, 3-6 CM LONG BY 3-10 CM WIDE; FLOWERS SMALL,
WHITE OR CREAM-COLORED, ACTINOMORPHIC, 4.5-6 MM LONG, IN LEAF AXILS OR ON
TERMINAL SHOOTS. |
FRUITS |
ACHENE; SOMEWHAT FLATTENED,
ELLIPTIC, 4-RIBBED WITH SHORT, WHITE HAIRS ALONG THE RIBS, WITH A TUFT OF
WHITE PAPPUS AT THE SUMMIT, GLANDULAR, 1.2-1.8 MM LONG, DARK GREY TO BLACK. |