OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pattalias paluster   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:

Cynanchum palustre   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pattalias paluster   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:
Cynanchum palustre   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

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3089

Twining vine, mostly herbaceous, may be woody in the southern parts of its range; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal hammocks, edges of marshes, generally or always on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white (sometimes tinged with rose)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbel-like clusters from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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