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Common Name:
Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Wideleaf Bluestar
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.
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Common Name:
Sandhills Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar
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.
Common Name:
Swamp Bluestar, Ozark Bluestar
Common Name:
Louisiana Bluestar
Common Name:
Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar, Marsh Bluestar
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Common Name:
Climbing Dogbane
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.
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Common Name:
Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine
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Common Name:
Indian-hemp, Hemp Dogbane, Marion's Weed
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
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Common Name:
Spreading Dogbane
Nodding, bell-shaped flowers with 5 recurved lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Common Periwinkle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vinca minor
Flowers 2-3cm across, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Vinca major
Flowers 3-5cm across, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine
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.
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Common Name:
hammock viper's-tail, Wild Allamanda
Flowers are showy, funnelform, bright yellow, to about 5cm wide, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida by Gil Nelson.
Common Name:
Oleander
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nerium oleander
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Common Name:
Eastern Swamp Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Swamp Milkweed, Swampforest Milkweed, Swamp White Milkweed, Aquatic Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Whorled Milkweed, Narrowleaf Milkweed
The petals turned downward, the upright hoods topped by protruding horns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Butterfly Milkweed, Butterflyweed, Pleurisy Root, Wind Root
Pollinator at work... Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns shorter than hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Purple Savanna Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Bog Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Fewflower Milkweed, Red Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Poke Milkweed, Tall Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns arching high, 1.5-2x long as corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Clasping Milkweed, Blunt-leaved Milkweed, Wavyleaf Milkweed
Rose-purple flowers sometimes suffused w green. Slender horns exceed hoods, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Fourleaf Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona spreading, its horns shorter than its hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns more or less equaling the hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Pinewoods Milkweed, Fleshy Milkweed
The hoods are whitish, the petals ashy to pinkish-gray & strongly reflexed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
White Milkweed, Red-ring Milkweed
The petals are flaring, the hoods sac-like, and the horns very short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Purple Milkweed
Petals down-curved, hoods erect, horns sharply pointed & shorter than hoods, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Common Name:
Michaux's Milkweed
Blossoms have very visible horns, whereas those of A. longifolia lack horns. — Will Stuart
Common Name:
Pineland Milkweed, Green Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias obovata
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Common Name:
Longleaf Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Barrens Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Green Milkweed
Corolla lobes strongly reflexed; hoods long, narrow & erect; horns absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Stalked Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
Flowers erect, borne in 2-8 flowered umbels at the tip of a 1/4-1/2" stalk, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Green Antelope-horn, Spider Milkweed, Green Milkweed
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.
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Common Name:
Bluevine, Sandvine, Honeyvine
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.
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Common Name:
Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort
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
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Common Name:
Eastern Anglepod
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.
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Common Name:
Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine, Climbing Milkvine
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.
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Common Name:
Deceptive Spinypod
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.
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Common Name:
Carolina Spinypod, Climbing Milkweed, Climbing Milkvine, Maroon Carolina Milkvine
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.
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Common Name:
Yellow Spinypod, Yellow Carolina Milkvine
NC/SC specimens similar to M carolinensis except for color and distribution, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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