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Your search found 47 taxa.
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
Flowers with 5 narrow spreading blue petals, in a crowded terminal cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
Flowers are hairy on the outside and borne in a terminal panicle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Trachelospermum difforme
The petals form a tube with spreading lobes, straw-yellow to greenish-yellow, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Corolla white to greenish, urceolate, 3-5mm long, 2-3mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Apocynum medium
Nodding, bell-shaped flowers with 5 recurved lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vinca minor
Flowers 2-3cm across, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vinca major
Flowers 3-5cm across, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Catharanthus roseus
(The plant is the source of a powerful anti-leukemia drug) Flower >20mm across, per Weakley's Flora.
Flowers are showy, funnelform, bright yellow, to about 5cm wide, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida by Gil Nelson.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nerium oleander
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias pulchra
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns longer than corona hoods & incurved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias perennis
Flowers in 1-2" wide axillary umbels, hoods with prominent protruding horns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
The petals turned downward, the upright hoods topped by protruding horns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Pollinator at work... Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns shorter than hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias laurifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias rubra
Strongly reflexed purplish-red/lavender corolla lobes & orange-tinged hoods, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asclepias lanceolata var. paupercula
Corolla lobes reflexed, spreading; corona horns shorter than corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns arching high, 1.5-2x long as corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Rose-purple flowers sometimes suffused w green. Slender horns exceed hoods, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona spreading, its horns shorter than its hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns more or less equaling the hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
The hoods are whitish, the petals ashy to pinkish-gray & strongly reflexed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
The petals are flaring, the hoods sac-like, and the horns very short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Petals down-curved, hoods erect, horns sharply pointed & shorter than hoods, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
Blossoms have very visible horns, whereas those of A. longifolia lack horns. Will Stuart
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)
Asclepias longifolia var. longifolia
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acerates floridana
Corolla lobes have rose tips; corona horns absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)
Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new combination in Asclepias. Phytologia (Farmer & Bell, 1985)
Asclepias longifolia ssp. hirtella
Individual flowers on hairy stalks and without horns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Corolla lobes strongly reflexed; hoods long, narrow & erect; horns absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Flowers erect, borne in 2-8 flowered umbels at the tip of a 1/4-1/2" stalk, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepiodora viridis
The petals are green and spreading (not reflexed); the hood is purple, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Ampelamus laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gonolobus laevis
Stalked clusters of small flowers in axils. Petals erect, spreading slightly, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Resurrection of Seutera (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) (Fishbein & Stevens, 2005)
Seutera angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Clarifications, new... combinations in American Cynanchinae (Liede & Meve, 1997)
Funastrum angustifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lyonia palustris
Calyx lobes lanceolate. Corolla deeply lobed, greenish-white &/or rose-tinged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amphistelma scoparia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cynanchum nigrum
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Matelea suberosa
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus gonocarpos
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vincetoxicum gonocarpos
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vincetoxicum suberosum
Stem mostly hairy; 5 spreading petals yellowish at tip, deep purple at base, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Odontostephana shortii
Corolla lobes (3.2-) 4.0-6.2x as long as wide, the widest part at the sinus, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus decipiens
Corolla lobes are 3-4x as long as wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus carolinensis
Corolla lobes are ovate-rounded & 2-2.5x as long as wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
NC/SC specimens similar to M carolinensis except for color and distribution, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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