Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2697

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in moist nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Follicle surface rough, with small sharp projections ("muricate")

LEAVES:
Simple
Usually opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/ Greenish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed rotate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Matelea flavidula   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Matelea flavidula   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 157-03-006:
 Matelea flavidula   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Yellow Spinypod

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image of Matelea flavidula, Yellow Spinypod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmflavidula_ec2

May        

NC/SC specimens similar to M carolinensis except for color and distribution, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Anglepod and Spinypod (Climbing Milkweed)

image of Matelea flavidula, Yellow Spinypod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmflavidula_ec4

May