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Vincetoxicum sibiricum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Decaisne

Common Names

• Di shao gua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Gansu
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Nei Mongol
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Xinjiang - China
• Kazakhstan
• Korea
• Mongolia
• Siberia - Russia

Natural Habitats

• Open disturbed sites
• thickets
• roadside
• grassland
• sand dunes

Flowering Times

• Mar-Aug (China) Jun-Jul (Siberia)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Sometimes lianescent herbaceous decumbent or twining herb with umbel-like terminal inflorescences of fragrant 3mm greenish-white flowers, tube 1.5mm, lobes 3mm, follicle to 75mm long x 20mm, fine white down all over

Further References

• FOC
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew