Dioscorea villosa
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) is a Florida native vine. A herbaceous perennial twining vine with heart-shaped leaves and small greenish-yellow flowers arranged in drooping clusters. The vine produces winged seed capsules and dies back to the ground each winter. The tuberous roots were historically us
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A herbaceous perennial twining vine with heart-shaped leaves and small greenish-yellow flowers arranged in drooping clusters. The vine produces winged seed capsules and dies back to the ground each winter. The tuberous roots were historically used medicinally.
