Menispermaceae
Common moonseed
Menispermum canadense
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Genus
- Menispermum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- بذر القمر الكندي
- arz
- بذر القمر الكندى
- Chinese
- 北美蝙蝠葛
- English
- Common moonseed, Canada moonseed, Moonseed
- Estonian
- Kanada kilplehik
- Finnish
- Kanadankilpikierto
- German
- Mondsame
- Russian
- Луносемянник канадский, Канадский плющ
- Swedish
- Amerikansk månfröranka
Synonyms
- Cissampelos smilacina L.
- Menispermum angulatum Moench
- Menispermum canadense var. lobatum Pursh
- Menispermum dahuricum var. mexicanum (Rose) Kundu & S.Guha
- Menispermum mexicanum Rose
- Menispermum smilacinum DC.
- Otamplis vitifolia Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randy Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.