Mile-a-minute vine

Mile-a-minute vine is a climbing perennial that becomes woody at the base.

Description

• Evergreen vine with moderately hairy stems.

• Leaves are made up of three heart-shaped leaflets not usually arranged in a flat plane.

• Pea-like white/red/pink/purple flowers produced from spring-summer.

• Seeds are dispersed by water or animals and fragments by water, soil, and vehicle movement.

• Habitats include forest margins, coastline, cliffs, shrublands, and limestone areas.

What you need to know

Mile-a-minute vine smothers and kills most plants from ground level to medium canopy and prevents the establishment of native plant seedlings.

Management approach

Mile-a-minute vine is declared an unwanted organism by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) because it is capable of causing harm to the natural environment, physical resources or human health in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

These species pose a high risk to our environment, economy, recreation, and cultural values.

Rules

Any species declared a pest, including unwanted organisms, cannot be sold or be in a place where plants are being sold. Pest plants cannot be propagated, bred, or multiplied, communicated, released, or cause to be released, or otherwise spread.

Control

Do not attempt to undertake control of mile-a-minute vine yourself. Report any sightings to us.