Scientific Name:
Mikania ternata
Pronunciation:
mik-KAY-nee-uh tur-NAY-tuh
Common Name:
plush vine
Family Name:
Asteraceae
Plant Type:
Indoor foliage plant, Vine or climber
Key ID Features:
Leaves palmately compound, hairy, dark green but undersides or stems purplish.
Habit:
Horizontal, Pendulous
Form:
Mounded, Weeping
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
South America (Brazil)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Soil/Growing Medium:
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Lobed, Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Compound Leaf:
Digitate (palmate)
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Oblong, Ovate, Rhomboidal
Apices:
Obtuse
Bases:
Cuneate
Margins:
Crenate, Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Small heads arranged in a corymb
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Corolla Shape:
Ligulate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Not showy, White, Yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
Can flower any month
Fruit Type:
Achene
Fruit Colour:
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant,
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red
Propagation:
Stem tip cuttings
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
Medium
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids (Disease resistant)
