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ID: Invasive Weed Vine

9 years ago

Does anyone know the name of this weed? It's a vine that climbs up plants and creates mats on top. I think it runs by stolons although I haven't dug it up to check. I also think it's a perennial and unaffected by freezes. The main stem can grow up to six feet long. The branches appear every inch or two, have one set of opposite, linear leaves about an inch long, and ends in an itty bitty thread-thin tendril. Oh, and it has a tiny flower but I forget which season and what color...that's how significant it is.

It is evil. It breaks at the slightest tug. It spits seeds long distances! I would love to find something like Ornamec that I can spray the vine on the shrub without hurting the shrub.

Comments (3)

jaynine
9 years ago
Vicia acutifolia?
(I changed my guess!)

This post was edited by jaynine on Sat, Jan 24, 15 at 20:58
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
9 years ago
Jaynine's suggestion is a good fit. That sparsely-leaved plant is a common Florida native.
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debg
Original Author
9 years ago
Jaynine! Bingo! Another site with FL botanists figured it out so I came back to post here.

Also known as Four Leaf vetch, even though mine has two, sometimes three. It spits seeds like crazy!

It has set up shop in my landscaping that borders my neighbor's ornamentals. I've been looking into an herbicide that won't kill my and my neighbor's plants. There's asiatic jasmine ground cover, euonymus, Drift roses, crape myrtles and ligustrum.

I am thinking of using the clopyralid Transline but if you know of a less expensive control, I'd sure appreciate it.

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