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Orthosia scoparia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Nuttall) Liede & Meve

Common Names

• Leafless Swallow-wort
• Puerto Rico Swallow-wort

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Bolivia
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Uruguay
• Florida
• Georgia
• Mississippi
• South Carolina - U.S.A
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• shrublands
• thickets
• montane areas
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan (Peru)
• Dec (Cuba)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (Jamaica)

High-climbing herbaceous nearly leafless climber with glabrous twining stems. Thin glabrous mucronate leaves to 50mm x 10mm. Extra-axillary 5-10 flowered umbels of puberulous white, cream, dark red or brown flowers, greenish corolla creamy yellow corolla to 2mm long, lobes to 1.5mm long, leafless when flowering. Slender twin follicles 75mm x 25mm, becoming glabrate.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• FB
• CPC
• SAFIO
• VOPR
• Kew