English: Lily of the valley vine; Pampas lily-of-the-valley; Cock's-eggs.
Region: South America, Brasil, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay; naturalised in Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Australasia, Europe, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, North America, United States, Mexico.
Habitat: grasslands, roadsides, neglected areas, occasionally occurs in gardens; elevation up to 100 metres.
Ecology: invasive vine commonly; a toxic and illegal weed in Tasmania.
Use: ornamental.
BotanyHerb, vine; perennial; decumbent to climbing; hairy; spreads via seeds and fragments of roots.
Root: rhizomatous.
Stem: about 3 m long; four-cornered zig-zagging; highly branched.
Leaves: glabrous; widely elliptic to ovate, also rounded; 10 to 35 mm long; petiole ± 8 mm long.
Flowers:rather small, ± 1 cm long; from the axils of the leaves; calyx lobes 3 mm long; flowers in Summer; corolla: bell-shaped or urn-shaped; white or greenish; anthers: ± 2 mm long.
Fruits: 1 to 2 cm; ovoid berries; ill-smelling; white or pale yellow when ripe; in autumn.