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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Taxonomic adjustments in North American Apocynaceae (Fishbein, 2017)

Pattalias palustre

SYNONYMOUS WITH Resurrection of Seutera (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) (Fishbein & Stevens, 2005)

Seutera angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Clarifications, new... combinations in American Cynanchinae (Liede & Meve, 1997)

Funastrum angustifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:

Cynanchum palustre   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lyonia palustris

 

COMMON NAME:
Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum


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image of Pattalias paluster, Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyan5_004_lvd

        

image of Pattalias paluster, Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_seutera_angustifolia1

June    Dare County    NC

Leaves sessile, reflexed, persistent, linear, the margins parallel, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Pattalias paluster, Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_seuteraangustifolia1b

June    Dare County    NC

Calyx lobes lanceolate, 2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pattalias paluster, Swallow-wort, Sand-vine, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, Marsh Cynanchum

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_seuteraangustifolia1c

June    Dare County    NC

Corolla deeply lobed, greenish-white and sometimes tinged with rose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum angustifolium   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Taxonomic adjustments in North American Apocynaceae (Fishbein, 2017)
Pattalias palustre

SYNONYMOUS WITH Resurrection of Seutera (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) (Fishbein & Stevens, 2005)
Seutera angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Clarifications, new... combinations in American Cynanchinae (Liede & Meve, 1997)
Funastrum angustifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-002:
Cynanchum palustre   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lyonia palustris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3089

Twining vine, mostly herbaceous, may be woody in the southern parts of its range; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal hammocks, edges of marshes, generally or always on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white (sometimes tinged with rose)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbel-like clusters from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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