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Thyrsanthella difformis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Walter) Pichon

Common Names

• Climbing Dogbane

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• District of Colombia
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• disturbed areas
• woodland
• riverside
• swamp edge
• thickets
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Slender twining shrub or glabrous to puberulent liana to 5m. Extremely variable leaves downy beneath to 125mm x 75mm. Axillary & terminal panicles, thyrses, fasciculate corymbs or racemes of 10mm greenish-yellow flowers striped orange-red, calyx lobes to 35mm long, corolla tube 6.5mm x 1mm diameter with lobes to 4mm long, glabrous follicles to 230mm long

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• FL
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• USDA
• NAF
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• Kew