OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Periploca graeca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Periploca graeca

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 (4/14/23):
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Periploca graeca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Periploca graeca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Periploca graeca

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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