NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Menispermum canadense
Moonseed, Common Moonseed, Yellow Parilla, Canada Moonseed
Scientific Name: |
Menispermum canadense |
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Genus: |
Menispermum |
Species Epithet: |
canadense |
Common Name: |
Moonseed, Common Moonseed, Yellow Parilla, Canada Moonseed |
Plant Type |
Herbaceous_Vine |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Menispermaceae (Moonseed Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Invasive Status: |
(*Key) |
Size: |
6-12 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
White, Green |
Light: |
Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist |
Bloom Time: |
May, June, July, August |
Growing Area: |
Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
Moist nutrient-rich forests, especially on floodplains or lower slopes, less commonly in dry calcium-rich forests and woodlands. Fairly common to common across most of the mountains and Piedmont, being generally common in the southern mountains and the central and eastern Piedmont. Locally fairly common in the Coastal Plain along several brownwater rivers—the Roanoke and Cape Fear—but rare to uncommon in most areas in that province, including the Sandhills region. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Alternate |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Has some wildlife value |
Landscape Value: |
Not Assigned |
State Rank: |
S4: Apparently secure, S5: Secure (*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G5 - Secure (*Key) |
Notes: |
Dioecious: need a male pollinator to get female fruit set. Twining stems. Spreads by rhizomes. Fruit is highly toxic to people. |
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The broad leaves may be entire or shallowly lobed Polk County NC
Lisa Lofland Gould |
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