Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Deceptive Spinypod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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JK Marlow jkm060506_105
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
Buds are conical to cylindrical, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
COMPARE
Anglepod and Spinypod (Climbing Milkweed)