Cynanchum angustifolium explained

Funastrum angustifolium (syn. Cynanchum angustifolium[1]) is a plant species. Commonly known as the Gulf coast swallow-wort, it is a perennial dicot that grows in the southern United States as far west as Texas. It is in the Cynanchum genus and Apocynaceae family.[2] A flowering vine, it produces white blossoms with greenish and yellow parts.[3] A member of the milkweed family, it is a plant host for monarch butterflies and produces wind dispersed seed pods.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Liede . Sigrid . Meve . Ulrich . December 2002 . Dissolution of Cynanchum sect. Macbridea (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) . Nordic Journal of Botany . en . 22 . 5 . 579–591 . 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01913.x . 0107-055X.
  2. Web site: Cynanchum angustifolium Pers. . USDA Plants Database.
  3. Web site: Cynanchum angustifolium . Southeastern Flora . 2020-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200619082131/http://southeasternplants.com/view_flora.php?plantid=1128 . dead.
  4. Web site: Swallow-wort, Cynanchum angustifolium . 15 September 2014.

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