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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Sandvine and Swallow-wort from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Bluevine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cynanchum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Ampelamus laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-001:
Cynanchum laeve FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ampelamus albidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gonolobus laevis
COMMON NAME:
Bluevine, Sandvine, Honeyvine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyla_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gola5_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_4
August
Stalked clusters of small flowers in axils. Petals erect, spreading slightly, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_5
August
Leaves long-stalked, triangular, with a wide rounded basal sinus, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cynanchum_laeve_7
August
Follicles smooth, lance-ovoid, 11-16cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cynanchum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Ampelamus laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-02-001:
Cynanchum laeve
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ampelamus albidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gonolobus laevis
3309
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Mountains, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p127
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p130
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