Common Moonseed

Menispermum canadense

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Botanical name
Menispermum canadense
Also known as
Canada Moonseed, Canadian Moonseed, Common Moonseed, Moonseed, Moonseed Vine, Yellow Parilla
Family
Menispermaceae
Genus
Menispermum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Moonseed

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Menispermum canadense but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cissampelos smilacina Menispermum angulatum Menispermum canadense var. lobatum Menispermum dahuricum var. mexicanum Menispermum mexicanum Menispermum smilacinum Otamplis vitifolia

Others in Menispermum

Menispermum dauricum

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