Funastrum utahense

Cynanchum utahense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Cynanchum
Species:	C. utahense
Binomial name
	Cynanchum utahense; (Engelm.) Woodson
Synonyms
	Astephanus utahense Engelm.; Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve;

Cynanchum utahense is a species of flowering plant in the Cynanchum genus of the dogbane family, known by the common names Utah swallow-wort and Utah vine milkweed. This relatively uncommon perennial vine is native to the Mojave Desert from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States. This is a small vine with a highly branched, twining stem rarely exceeding a meter in length with which it physically supports itself on other shrubs and trees. It has small narrow leaves a few centimeters long. Its flowers are bright yellow to orange and grow in umbels. The fruit is a grooved follicle several centimeters long.^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]^[6]

References

^ Tropicos
^ Sundell, A. 1993. Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:169-187.
^ Altervista Flora of USA and Canada, Cynanchum utahense.
^ Woodson, R.E. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 28(2): 215. 1941.
^ Engelmann, G. American Naturalist 9(6): 349. 1875.
^ Liede, S., & U. Meve. Nordic Journal of Botany 22(5): 589. 2003.

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[1] Tropicos

[2] Sundell, A. 1993. Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:169-187.

[3] Altervista Flora of USA and Canada, Cynanchum utahense.

[4] Woodson, R.E. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 28(2): 215. 1941.

[5] Engelmann, G. American Naturalist 9(6): 349. 1875.

[6] Liede, S., & U. Meve. Nordic Journal of Botany 22(5): 589. 2003.

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