Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow
Detail
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Botanical Name
- Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow
- Common Name
- Chinese Yam, Cinnamon Vine
- Synonym(s)
- Dioscorea batatas Descaisne; Dioscorea oppositifolia L., misapplied
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow
- Comments
- Distinguished by its halberd-shaped leaves and axillary potatolike aerial tubers.
- Habitat
- Disturbed forests, particularly of mesic uplands and bottomlands; old fields, roadsides, and around old homesites. Frequent in many parts of the state.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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