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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in woodlands & thickets, generally over mafic (in Piedmont) or calcareous rocks (in Coastal Plain), per Weakley's Flora

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partial shade

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
Maroon
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 decipiens   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea decipiens   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-03-004:
 Matelea decipiens   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Deceptive Spinypod

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image of Matelea decipiens, Deceptive Spinypod

JK Marlow    jkm060506_105

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Buds are conical to cylindrical, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

image of Matelea decipiens, Deceptive Spinypod

JK Marlow    jkm060506_105b

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Corolla lobes are 3-4x as long as wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.

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