Moist or dry woods, usually on wooded slopes bordering streams. Infrequent to rare as far north as Carroll County.

Climbing or trailing to 3 m; petioles not glandular; lvs truncate to subcordate at base, with margins meeting across the petiole, 3-lobed, the lobes semi-orbicular or depressed-ovate, entire, obtuse or rounded; fls greenish-yellow, 2-2.5 cm wide; exterior corona yellow; fr purple, 1 cm thick. 2n=24, 84. Moist soil; all summer. Var. lutea, with the cal, petioles, and young stems pilose, occurs from Pa. and W.Va. to Fla., Tenn., and Ala. Var. glabriflora Fernald, glabrous, occurs from O. to Mo. and Okla., s. to Ala. and Tex.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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