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Metastelma barbigerum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Scheele

Common Names

• Bearded Swallw-wort

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• New Mexico
• S. Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• grass & shrubland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Twiner with glabrous stems. Thin glabrous leaves to 50mm long. 1-5 flowered cymes, calyx lobes to 5mm long, dull greenish-white corolla to 5mm long with white bearded lobes. Slender green follicles to 50mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Mobot
• Kew