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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 alabamensis   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea alabamensis   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

Matelea alabamensis

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

Matelea alabamensis

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

Cyclodon alabamense

 

COMMON NAME:
 Alabama Milkvine, Alabama Spinypod

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Matelea alabamensis   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

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

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

 

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4564

Herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial

Habitat: Open forests on river bluffs, mesic margins of sand ridges, 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
Pale green marked with a network of darker green veins
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:

 

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