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Funastrum cynanchoides

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Decaisne) Schlechter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Utah - USA

Natural Habitats

• Riversides
• shrublands

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Tall glabrous or glabrate twining herb to 12m with sagittate leaves to 65mm long. Greenish-white flowers tinged purple to 7mm long in umbels of 15-25 flowers. Puberulent calyx lobes, white or cream corolla 12mm wide, with faint traces of purple near apex. Tomentose follicles to 72mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• Neotrop
• de Candolle
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• FRM
• USNH
• Kew