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Monday, December 14, 2009

Balloon Vine

(Cardiospermum halicacabum L. jpeg found at invasive.org under creative commons law)


Cardiospermum halicacabum L. aka. Balloonvine is just like that song that never ends. It's a vine with lots of puffy little bulbs, lots of seeds and runs on and on. This plant's also called "Love In A Puff" It is extremely noxious to anyone who lives in the Southeastern United States.  
   The little green bulbs of these plants are actually inflated. You can pop it between your fingers and there are three seeds inside. Each little black seed has a white heart shape on the inside of it. There is a one good thing which is a pretty white flower that blooms on this noxious grower. Some people like "Love in a puff" but sometimes, this one needs to be out of it's misery.
 Did you know people are actually selling these little seeds on ebay? These weed seeds are unique no lie, but to actually sell a weed-seed just not fair to the rest of the world. God bless and keep eating your weeds and examining them


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