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):
Chthamalia pubiflora   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea pubiflora   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

Matelea pubiflora

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

Matelea pubiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Edisonia pubiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Gonolobus pubiflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Vincetoxicum pubiflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Trailing Milkvine, Sandhill Spinypod


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chthamalia pubiflora   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea pubiflora   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Edisonia pubiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Gonolobus pubiflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Vincetoxicum pubiflorum

 

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4566

Herbaceous vine (trailing); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sand ridges, longleaf pine 'yellow sand' sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves cordate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Olive-green or reddish-brown
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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