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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Matelea floridana   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea floridana   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

Matelea floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Matelea floridana

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

Odontostephana floridana

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Milkvine


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Matelea floridana   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea floridana   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Matelea floridana

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

 

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4565

Herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial

Habitat: Beech-magnolia bluffs, mesic ravines, moist hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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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:
Spring/Summer
Dark maroon
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:

 

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