Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Sandvine and Swallow-wort from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Bluevine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Ampelamus laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-001:
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gonolobus laevis
COMMON NAME:
Bluevine, Sandvine, Honeyvine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyla_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gola5_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_4
August
Stalked clusters of small flowers in axils. Petals erect, spreading slightly, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_5
August
Leaves long-stalked, triangular, with a wide rounded basal sinus, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_7
August
Follicles smooth, lance-ovoid, 11-16cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.