Funastrum cynanchoides

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Funastrum cynanchoides
File:Sarcostemma cynanchoides 2004-05-24.jpg
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F. cynanchoides
Binomial name
Funastrum cynanchoides
(Decne.) Schltr.
Synonyms

Sarcostemma cynanchoides Decne.

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Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides[1]), fringed twinevine or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae) that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert.[1] It has milky sap and smells pungent.[1] It is similar to Funastrum hirtellum.[1]

Habitat and range

It grows at the edge of desert dry washes below 2,000' in the eastern Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert.[1]

Growth pattern

It is a twining vine-like plant that grows over other shrubs.[1]

Leaves

Its narrow, arrowhead shaped leaves are opposite and 1" to 1 1/2" long.[1]

Flowers

Flowers are pink to purplish, and are produced in umbrella-like heads (umbels.[1]

Fruits

It has a fruit that is 3" to 4" long, with tufted seeds about 1.4" long.[1]

References

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