Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cannabis sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marijuana at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Hemp is a fast-growing, herbaceous plant that can reach up to 4 meters high. One of the first countries to use it as a hallucinogen was India. Read more at "Magical, Mystical and Medicinal".
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. spontanea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Cannabis sativa
COMMON NAME:
Marijuana, Hemp
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cannabis sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Cannabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. sativa
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Cannabis sativa var. spontanea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Cannabis sativa
4340
Forb
Annual
Usually dioecious
Non-native: Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, perhaps not truly naturalized or persistent, but included here since clandestine cultivated plots may be encountered, especially in fairly remote areas
Look for it in disturbed areas and clandestinely cultivated plots, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: (3)5-7(9) leaflets
Lower often opposite, upper alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish, cream, pale yellow
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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