Common Moonseed Vine
Common Moonseed Vine
Menispermum canadense L.
Menispermaceae (Moonseed Family)
▲ vine climbing on other vine
▲ vine climbing on trellis
▲ ▼ leaves
▲ flowers
▲ slender, twining stems
Common Moonseed Vine:
- Native perennial vine that sprouts each year from a large, tuberous root
- Stems are green to brown and climb by twining around objects
- Leaves are alternate, thin, rounded with 3-5 lobes
- Flowers are tiny, white, in axillary racemes
- Fruit is a small, grape-like blue-black berry; seeds are crescent shaped and poisonous