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Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Cardiospermum microcarpum; Balloon vine; Love in a puff

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© Kay Yatskievych, 2003 Cardiospermum halicacabum, leaf and flower

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Name Search name search type enter a search name Scientific Name Common Name Symbol State Search Advanced Search Search Help   Alternative Crops Characteristics Classification Culturally Significant Distribution Update Fact Sheets & Plant Guides Invasive and Noxious Weeds Links Plant Materials Publications Threatened & Endangered Wetland Indicator Status     40,000+ Plant Images Submit Your Digital Images     Complete PLANTS Checklist State PLANTS Checklist Advanced Search Download Symbols for Unknown Plants NRCS State GSAT Lists NRCS State Plants Lists PLANTS Posters     Crop Nutrient Tool Ecological Site Information System PLANTS Identification Keys Plant Materials Web Site Other NRCS Tech Resources VegSpec     You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly PLANTS Profile   Cardiospermum halicacabum L. balloon vine         Symbol:   CAHA13   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Sapindaceae   Duration:   Annual Biennial Perennial   Growth Habit:   Vine Forb/herb   Native Status:   L48    I HI    I PR    N VI    N     Common Names:   love in a puff Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. Carl Hunter. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species . South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute . Usage Requirements .   More Information: Classification Data Source and Documentation   Images: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Cardiospermum thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Distribution: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View Native Status See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA ( AL , AR , CT, DC , DE, FL , GA , HI , IL , IN, KS , KY , LA , MA , MI , MO , MS , NJ, NY, OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA), USA+ (PR, VI)   Related Taxa: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View 27 genera in Sapindaceae , 5 species in Cardiospermum   Classification: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Sapindales Family Sapindaceae – Soapberry family Genus Cardiospermum L. – balloonvine Species Cardiospermum halicacabum L. – balloon vine   Noxious Weed Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. 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 : balloon vine              Class C noxious weed Arkansas : balloonvine              Noxious weed South Carolina : balloonvine              Plant pest Texas : balloonvine              Noxious plant   U.S. Weed Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. balloonvine love in a puff This plant 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. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states . State agriculture or natural resource departments. KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide . The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM . Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.   Introduced Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants. Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all   Wetland Indicator Status: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H UPL,FAC FACU* FAC FAC NO FAC- FAC NI NO NO NO NO UPL UPL Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status   More Accounts and Images: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28667. View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.     Time Generated: 02/09/2010 05:36 PM MST   PLANTS Home | USDA.gov | NRCS | Site Map | Policies and Links Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement

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SAPINDACEAE Cardiospermum halicacabum Return to Image Archive of Central Texas Plants habit - a trailing, herbaceous vine leaves - are these simple or compound leaves? How can you tell? The leaves are alternate and have axillary tendrils. flowers - the tiny white flowers have bilateral symmetry with 4 unequal sepals (2 visible) and 4 petals. fruits - what type of fruit is this? The inflated, membranous fruits give this species its common name Balloonvine . The sepals remain attached in the fruit.   The seeds inside the capsule have a white heart shape spot which is described in the generic name Cardiospermum (Cardio - heart, sperma - seed).

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Name Search name search type enter a search name Scientific Name Common Name Symbol State Search Advanced Search Search Help   Alternative Crops Characteristics Classification Culturally Significant Distribution Update Fact Sheets & Plant Guides Invasive and Noxious Weeds Links Plant Materials Publications Threatened & Endangered Wetland Indicator Status     40,000+ Plant Images Submit Your Digital Images     Complete PLANTS Checklist State PLANTS Checklist Advanced Search Download Symbols for Unknown Plants NRCS State GSAT Lists NRCS State Plants Lists PLANTS Posters     Crop Nutrient Tool Ecological Site Information System PLANTS Identification Keys Plant Materials Web Site Other NRCS Tech Resources VegSpec     You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly PLANTS Profile   Cardiospermum halicacabum L. balloon vine         Symbol:   CAHA13   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Sapindaceae   Duration:   Annual Biennial Perennial   Growth Habit:   Vine Forb/herb   Native Status:   L48    I HI    I PR    N VI    N     Common Names:   love in a puff Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. Carl Hunter. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species . South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute . Usage Requirements .   More Information: Classification Data Source and Documentation   Images: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Cardiospermum thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Distribution: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View Native Status See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA ( AL , AR , CT, DC , DE, FL , GA , HI , IL , IN, KS , KY , LA , MA , MI , MO , MS , NJ, NY, OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA), USA+ (PR, VI)   Related Taxa: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View 27 genera in Sapindaceae , 5 species in Cardiospermum   Classification: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Sapindales Family Sapindaceae – Soapberry family Genus Cardiospermum L. – balloonvine Species Cardiospermum halicacabum L. – balloon vine   Noxious Weed Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. 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 : balloon vine              Class C noxious weed Arkansas : balloonvine              Noxious weed South Carolina : balloonvine              Plant pest Texas : balloonvine              Noxious plant   U.S. Weed Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. balloonvine love in a puff This plant 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. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states . State agriculture or natural resource departments. KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide . The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM . Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.   Introduced Information: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants. Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all   Wetland Indicator Status: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H UPL,FAC FACU* FAC FAC NO FAC- FAC NI NO NO NO NO UPL UPL Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status   More Accounts and Images: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28667. View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.     Time Generated: 02/09/2010 05:36 PM MST   PLANTS Home | USDA.gov | NRCS | Site Map | Policies and Links Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement

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Kingdom Plantae    Phylum Magnoliophyta    Class Magnoliopsida    Order Sapindales    Family Sapindaceae    Genus Cardiospermum     Cardiospermum halicacabum    L., 1753  Provider: Ching-I Peng  Citation: Flora of Taiwan 2nd ed. 3: 601, 1993  Name Code: 204480 Suggested Link    Discover Life    National Plant Genetic Resources Center    Flora of Taiwan 2nd eBooks (National Taiwan University)   User Response:

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 5 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Cardiospermum halicacabum%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Plant") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Cardiospermum halicacabum ID: 0000 0000 0107 0511 [detail] © 2007 Louis-M. Landry Cardiospermum halicacabum ID: 0000 0000 0107 0512 [detail] © 2007 Louis-M. Landry Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine ID: 0000 0000 0307 0308 [detail] © 2007 Zoya Akulova Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine ID: 0000 0000 0307 0309 [detail] © 2007 Zoya Akulova Cardiospermum halicacabum Balloon Vine ID: 0000 0000 0307 0307 [detail] © 2007 Zoya Akulova Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley