Common name: Climbing Hempvine
Species from Eastern North America
Photographed at Boyle Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Mikania is a genus of about 450 species in the family of Asteraceae. The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common in the neotropical flora. Mikania originates from South America. A few species, such as Mikania scandens, are found in temperate areas of North and South America, and nine species are known from the Old World tropics. As with other plants in the...
