Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Merremia tuberosa
Wood rose
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
N/A
Lobed leaves divided into seven segments.
Very showy, trumpet-shaped, 2 inch long bright yellow flowers are produced
several times a year.
N/A
Fruits are dry capsules that superficially resemble rose flowers.
A high-climbing woody vine.
Basal treatment Garlon 4 at 10% with oil or cut surface at 50% Garlon 3a.
University of HI Botany Dept
www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/derm/badplants.htm
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