Characteristics
Dicots
Dalechampia scandens L.
SPURGECREEPER
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This species has irritating trichomes, and it has terpenoid resins on its pistillate sepals (Armbruster et al. 2009). It is a larval host for Hamadryas.
Not Native
FISC(II)
Classification
Citation
DALECHAMPIA SCANDENS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1054. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amer. t. 101. 1683). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill. 5: 42. 1989.