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Cynanchum angustifolium

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Cynanchum angustifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Funastrum
Species:
F. angustifolium
Binomial name
Funastrum angustifolium
(Pers.) Liede & Meve

Funastrum angustifolium (syn. Cynanchum angustifolium[1]) is a plant species. Commonly known as the Gulf coast swallow-wort, it is a perennial dicot that grows in the southern United States as far west as Texas. It is in the Cynanchum genus and Apocynaceae family.[2] A flowering vine, it produces white blossoms with greenish and yellow parts.[3] A member of the milkweed family, it is a plant host for monarch butterflies and produces wind dispersed seed pods.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Liede, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (December 2002). "Dissolution of Cynanchum sect. Macbridea (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 22 (5): 579–591. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01913.x. ISSN 0107-055X.
  2. ^ "Cynanchum angustifolium Pers". USDA Plants Database.
  3. ^ "Cynanchum angustifolium". Southeastern Flora. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Swallow-wort, Cynanchum angustifolium". 15 September 2014.