- Taxon
- Weed
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Habitat: bank, clay, hill, lowland, margin, pasture, ridge, roadside, sand, shaded, sheltered, slope, stone, wasteland
Dispersal: Seed
Recognition
- a glabrous perennial with a thick rootstock and slender, climbing stems.
- its leaves have 5 leaflets and the petioles are coiling and used for climbing.
- its flowers are solitary, have coloured sepals 8-11 mm long, and 2 scarlet petals 3-6 mm long.
- its fruit are dark blue and rounded (about 7 mm across).
Images
References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
