OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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 (10/20/20):
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-XX:
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

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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
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed dextrorsely rotate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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