Violetvine

This small vine is a very fast growing plant, with the largest known specimen reaching a length of 17 feet (5.2 meters) and growing as high as 815 feet (248.4 meters). It prefers to grow on man-made objects.

It takes 7 months for the green stems to mature, by which point they can have a diameter of 3 cm (1.2 inches) and are rough and prickly.

The very thin, waxy leaves reach up to 3 inches (8 cm) in length. They are either red, or violet with bold red splotches, and have serrated edges.

During late spring, the vine produces copious amounts of large violet flowers, and during the early autumn, after flowering, it produces a modest amount of small seed pods.