Dioscorea floridana explained

Dioscorea floridana, the Florida yam, is a plant species native to Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It grows in wet and sandy places at low elevations.^{[1] [2]}

Dioscorea floridana is a perennial vine twining over other vegetation and spreading by means of yellow underground rhizomes. Stems can reach a height of over 4 m off the ground. Leaves are egg-shaped to triangular, up to 12 cm long, not clasping the stem. Flowers are yellow-orange.^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101569 Flora of North America v 26 p 483, Dioscorea floridana
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Dioscorea%20floridana.png BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis, Dioscorea floridana
3. Bartlett, Harley Harris. 1910. U. S. department of agriculture. Bureau of plant industry. Bulletin. 189: 18.
4. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
5. Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1924. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 43: 173.
6. Ahles, Harry E. 1964. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 80(2): 172.