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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Matelea obliqua
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea obliqua
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-03-003:
Matelea obliqua FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gonolobus obliquus
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gonolobus shortii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana obliqua
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana shortii
COMMON NAME:
Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine, Climbing Milkvine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vish3_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_obliqua_climb
June Floyd County GA
Corolla lobes (3.2-) 4.0-6.2x as long as wide, the widest part at the sinus, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
Anglepod and Spinypod (Climbing Milkweed)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Matelea obliqua
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea obliqua
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-03-003:
Matelea obliqua
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gonolobus obliquus
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gonolobus shortii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana obliqua
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Odontostephana shortii
3308
Herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial
Habitat: In forests, woodlands, or thickets over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Follicle surface rough, with small sharp projections ("muricate")
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves cordate
FLOWER:
Summer
Rose/ Brownish-rose
rarely cream
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p225
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p364
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p195
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p232
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p129
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