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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pattalias paluster
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Sandvine and Swallow-wort from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Swallow-wort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Taxonomic adjustments in North American Apocynaceae (Fishbein, 2017)
Pattalias palustre
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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:
Cynanchum palustre FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lyonia palustris
COMMON NAME:
Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyan5_004_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_seutera_angustifolia1
June Dare County NC
Leaves sessile, reflexed, persistent, linear, the margins parallel, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_seuteraangustifolia1b
June Dare County NC
Calyx lobes lanceolate, 2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_seuteraangustifolia1c
June Dare County NC
Corolla deeply lobed, greenish-white and sometimes tinged with rose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pattalias paluster
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Taxonomic adjustments in North American Apocynaceae (Fishbein, 2017)
Pattalias palustre
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:
Cynanchum palustre
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lyonia palustris
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Twining vine, mostly herbaceous, may be woody in the southern parts of its range; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal hammocks, edges of marshes, generally or always on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white
(sometimes tinged with rose)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in umbel-like clusters from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p508
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p128
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p054
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p126
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