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Pattalias palustris

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Pursh) Fishbein

Common Names

• Gulf Coast Swallow-wort

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Belize
• Cayman Islands
• Cuba
• Mexico
• Turks & Caicos Islands
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• N. Carolina
• S. Carolina
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• salt marshland

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Slender high-climbing twining herbacous vine with glabrous stems. Glabrous fleshy leaves to 70mm long. Extra-axillary umbels, 10-15 flowered, of white or yellowish-brown flowers, 5-parted calyx, 5-parted purplish or greenish-white corolla to 40mm long. Slender glabrate follicles 50mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• CPC
• Botanicus
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• SAFIO
• Kew