Asteraceae
Bittervine
Mikania micrantha
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Mikania
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 小花蔓澤蘭, 微甘菊, 薇甘菊
- English
- Bittervine, Mile-a-minute
- Malayalam
- ധൃതരാഷ്ട്ര പച്ച, ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രർ പച്ച
Synonyms
- Eupatorium denticulatum Vahl
- Eupatorium orinocense (Kunth) Gómez de la Maza
- Eupatorium orinocense (Kunth) M.Gómez
- Kleinia alata G.Meyer
- Mikania denticulata (Vahl) Willd.
- Mikania glechomaefolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker
- Mikania glechomifolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker
- Mikania micrantha f. hirsuta B.L.Rob.
- Mikania micrantha f. micrantha
- Mikania micrantha var. micrantha
- Mikania orinocensis Kunth
- Mikania scandens var. subcymosa (Gardner) Baker
- Mikania scandens var. umbellifera (Gardner) Baker
- Mikania scandens var. villosa Hieron.
- Mikania sinuata Rusby
- Mikania subcrenata Hook. & Arn.
- Mikania subcymosa Gardner
- Mikania umbellifera Gardner
- Mikania variabilis Meyen & Walp.
- Willoughbya micrantha (Kunth) Rusby
- Willoughbya scandens var. orinocensis (Kunth) Kuntze
- Willoughbya variabilis (Meyen & Walp.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abdul Hanif Arromy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Elaine Bello, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: tonyo mizerio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Rahul Mungikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: fernnerva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: KANAD ROY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Kaiwalya Dani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Narayandatta bastakoti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: abhishekcbse364, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Campos Ignacio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.