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Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

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Cardiospermum Halicacabum, or more commonly know as Balloon Vine, is a vine forb/herb of the genus Cardiospermum. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Cardiospermum Halicacabum or Balloon Vine's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Category: Dicot
Genus: Cardiospermum
Family: Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Annual Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit: Vine Forb/herb
Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (N) VI (N)
State Noxious Status: AL (CCW) AR (NW) SC (PP) TX (NP)
State Noxious Common Name: AL (balloon vine) AR (balloonvine) SC (balloonvine) TX (balloonvine)
PLANTS Invasive Status: KY SEEPPC STATE SWSS
National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FAC
Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU*) 2(FAC) 3(FAC) 5(FAC-) 6(FAC) 7(NI) C(UPL) H(UPL)

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Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

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