Plants Profile for Paederia foetida (stinkvine)

General Information
Symbol:	PAFO3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Rubiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Vine
Native Status:	HI I L48 I
Other Common Names:	paederia
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Mark A. Garland. United States, FL, Hillsborough Co., Hillsborough River State Park. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PASC15	Paederia scandans (Lour.) Merr., database artifact
PASC21	Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Paederia L. – sewer vine
Species	Paederia foetida L. – stinkvine

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Alabama skunk vine Class B noxious weed
Florida skunk vine Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Paederia foetida skunk vine stinkvine Paederia scandans stinkvine This plant and synonym italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Hawaii	UPL

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU