NameThatPlant.net: Matelea obliqua

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Northern Spinypod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea obliqua FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-03-003:
Matelea obliqua FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana shortii

COMMON NAME:
Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine, Climbing Milkvine

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image of Matelea obliqua, Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine, Climbing Milkvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viob2_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vish3_001_lvd

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_obliqua_climb

June Floyd County GA

Corolla lobes (3.2-) 4.0-6.2x as long as wide, the widest part at the sinus, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

COMPARE Anglepod and Spinypod (Climbing Milkweed)

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea obliqua FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-03-003:
Matelea obliqua FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana shortii

3308

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare

Look for it in forests, woodlands, or thickets over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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:
Summer
Rose/ Brownish-rose rarely cream
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed rotate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

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