Funastrum cynanchoides
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| Species: | F. cynanchoides
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| Funastrum cynanchoides (Decne.) Schltr.
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Sarcostemma cynanchoides Decne. | |
Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides[1]), fringed twinevine, twining milkweed or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae) that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[1] It has milky sap and smells pungent.[1] It is similar to Funastrum hirtellum.[1]
Habitat and range
It grows at the edge of desert dry washes below 2,000' in the eastern Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[1]
Growth pattern
It is a twining vine-like plant that grows over other shrubs.[1] In urban areas the vine freely climbs on plants, trees, as well as having a preference for chain link fencing in neglected areas.
Leaves
Its narrow, arrowhead shaped leaves are opposite and 1" to 1 1/2" long.[1]
Flowers
Flowers are pink to purplish, and are produced in umbrella-like heads ((umbels).[1] Flowers are actively visited and fed on by butterflies, similar to other milkweeds.
Fruits
It has a fruit that is 3" to 4" long, with tufted seeds about 1.4" long.[1]
References
External links
- Calflora Database: Funastrum cynanchoides (Fringed twinevine)
- USDA Plants Profile for Funastrum cynanchoides (fringed twinevine)
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- Asclepiadoideae
- North American desert flora
- Vines
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Butterfly food plants
- Apocynaceae stubs