Balloon Vine

(Halicacabum cardiospermum)

Characteristics

Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Climbing or trailing annual herbaceous vine

Root/Stem anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternate leaf arrangement, leaves wide, divided into lanceolate segments, dentate or lobed margins

Reproduction: Inflorescences include imperfect, irregular white flowers w/ 4 petals; when pollenated form inflated membranous capsule fruit

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}