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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Periploca graeca
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Silkvine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Periploca graeca
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Periploca graeca
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-XX:
Periploca graeca FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Silkvine
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Periploca graeca
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Periploca graeca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Periploca graeca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-XX:
Periploca graeca
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
2638
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Brownish-purple green-margined corolla lobes
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed dextrorsely rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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