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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pentalinon luteum   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pentalinon luteum   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pentalinon luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982)

Urechites lutea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Urechites lutea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Urechites pinetorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail


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image of Pentalinon luteum, Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmulutea_fssp

June    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Pentalinon luteum, Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmulutea_fssp3

June    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Pentalinon luteum, Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmulutea_fssp5

June    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Pentalinon luteum, Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmulutea_fssp6

June    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Flowers are showy, funnelform, bright yellow, to about 5cm wide, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida.

image of Pentalinon luteum, Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmulutea_fssp9

June    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Leaves oblong to nearly elliptic, typically strongly revolute, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pentalinon luteum   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pentalinon luteum   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pentalinon luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982)
Urechites lutea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Urechites lutea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Urechites pinetorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2349

Shrub; Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Mangrove swamps, tropical hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Florida

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Paired follicles

 

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