Cardiospermum halicacabum

ClassificationDicots
FamilySapindaceae
Family (Traditional)Sapindaceae
GenusCardiospermum
Species:Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Common NameBalloon Vine; Love in a Puff; Heartseed; Heart Seed
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1.5; Leaf Dissection: 2; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 9; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 8
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Corindum halicacabum Corindum halicacabum

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Calloway (KY), Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Marshall (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Davidson (TN), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Warren (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA020485 Fulton Kentucky
BEREA
Cardiospermum halicacabum
BEREA020486 Shelby Tennessee
BEREA
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31973000018770 Trigg Kentucky
KNK
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31973000018769 Fulton Kentucky
KNK
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31973000018766 Fulton Kentucky
KNK
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144848 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144850 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144844 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144883 McCracken Kentucky
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144866 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144837 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144856 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144843 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144841 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144847 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144855 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144854 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144853 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144839 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144838 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144851 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144846 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144849 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144882 Fulton Kentucky
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144836 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144840 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144845 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144852 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0144842 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003498 Davidson Tennessee 27 Sep 2010 Vernon Bates
13027
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0015284 Perry Tennessee 22 Sep 2011 David H. Webb
7829
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003492 Stewart Tennessee 11 Sep 1975 EW Chester
3114
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003494 Stewart Tennessee 29 Aug 1967 Eugene Wofford and EW Chester
4726
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003489 Lyon Kentucky 11 Sep 1985 EW Chester
85-820
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0015283 Hardin Tennessee 01 Oct 2011 David H. Webb
7855
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003508 Houston Tennessee 30 Aug 1984 EW Chester
84-394
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003503 Benton Tennessee 20 Aug 1994 Jennifer Paige Haines with EW Chester
13062
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003509 Stewart Tennessee 24 Nov 1984 EW Chester
84-732
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0097598 Hickman Kentucky 10 Oct 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003507 Stewart Tennessee 26 Aug 1990 James Joyner
486
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003500 Humphreys Tennessee 29 Aug 1979 EW Chester
4231
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003491 Stewart Tennessee 31 Oct 1980 EW Chester with Jacki Stack, and Larry D. Carpenter
1114
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003501 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Sep 1967 EW Chester and Biology 503 Class
1911
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003506 Stewart Tennessee 15 Aug 1990 James Joyner
416
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0092910 Warren Kentucky 29 Jul 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0051461 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003502 Shelby Tennessee 28 Aug 1965 Ken E. Rogers
34431
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003490 Stewart Tennessee 17 Oct 1980 EW Chester with Jacki Stack, and Larry D. Carpenter
1095
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0041159 Hardin Tennessee 12 Aug 2011 David H. Webb
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0101510 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0032818 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003493 Stewart Tennessee 29 Aug 1967 Eugene Wofford with EW Chester
1823
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0070099 Hickman Kentucky 07 Oct 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0022972 Wayne Tennessee 21 Sep 2011 David H. Webb
7826
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003505 Henry Tennessee 26 Aug 1989 EW Chester, with Susan Holt and Bonnie Chester
89-683
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
MEM009808 Shelby Tennessee 04 Nov 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
1053
MEM
Cardiospermum halicacabum
MEM008461 Calloway Kentucky 22 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2594
MEM
Cardiospermum halicacabum
MEM017682 Livingston Kentucky 28 Sep 1980 Raymond Athey
4575
MEM
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0245255 Knox Tennessee 03 Sep 2017 Jonathan Dickey
FRWMA011
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003496 Stewart Tennessee 01 Sep 1966 William Forrester
2451
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003504 Montgomery Tennessee 14 Aug 1998 EW Chester with Joy Stephens
13515
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
APSC0003488 Trigg Kentucky 23 Aug 1984 EW Chester
84-334
APSC
Cardiospermum halicacabum
HTTU009443 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Cardiospermum halicacabum
TENN-V-0244375 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31234100645199 Trigg Kentucky 25 Sep 1973 Raymond Athey
2617
EKY
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31234100645181 Stewart Tennessee 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2082
EKY
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31234100645165 Ballard Kentucky 12 Sep 2010 Landon McKinney
EKY
Cardiospermum halicacabum
31234100645173 Marshall Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 Ronald L. Jones
8060
EKY
Cardiospermum halicacabum
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