Photo of Plantae: Heart-seed Vine (species: Cardiospermum grandiflorum) (Gaia Guide)

Heart-seed Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum)

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Serious environmental weed in Australia. This vine is densely growing and can climb up to 8 m high in the canopy. Commonly found in South East Queensland along waterways, roadsides and disturbed sites, grows at forest edges, often right into the canopy of trees, as on the photo below Origin: America, Africa, West Indies

Photo taken on 1 Jan 2012

Photograph location coordinates are -27.542778:152.92686.