Apocynaceae
Vinca difformis Pourr.
Vinca difformis Pourr.
Vinca difformis, the intermediate periwinkle, is an evergreen flowering subshrub native to Western Europe that blooms from late winter to early spring.
Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.
Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit.
Vinca herbacea is a low herbaceous perennial trailing vine native to Eurasian steppes, occasionally grown as an ornamental rock garden plant.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L.
Vinca major L. is an evergreen trailing ornamental vine that contains four alkaloid compounds, native to regions across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Vinca minor L.
Vinca minor L.
Vinca minor L., common periwinkle, is a trailing evergreen subshrub cultivated as garden groundcover and source of vinpocetine.
Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Decne.) Kuntze
Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Decne.) Kuntze
Vincetoxicum hirsutum is a climbing medicinal perennial vine native to Eastern and Southern Asia, important to ecosystems and traditional medicine.
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. is a flowering plant native to continental Eurasia with introduced populations in parts of North America.
Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench
Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench
Vincetoxicum nigrum is a perennial herbaceous vine, often classified as a weed in US gardens, that reproduces by seed and rhizomes.
Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar.
Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar.
Vincetoxicum rossicum, pale swallowwort or dog-strangling vine, is an invasive Apocynaceae perennial native to southern Europe.
Wrightia tinctoria R.Br.
Wrightia tinctoria R.Br.
Wrightia tinctoria R.Br. is a deciduous small tree or shrub grown for dye, medicine, and edible parts across South Asia and beyond.
Ceropegia woodii Schltr.
Ceropegia woodii Schltr.
Ceropegia woodii is an evergreen trailing succulent vine, a popular houseplant that has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Ceropegia dichotoma Haw.
Ceropegia dichotoma Haw.
Ceropegia dichotoma is an endemic Canary Islands flowering apocynaceae grown ornamentally in arid gardens.
Ceropegia fusca Bolle
Ceropegia fusca Bolle
Ceropegia fusca Bolle is an ornamental succulent vine with reddish-brown tubular flowers, grown in dry water-conserving gardens.
Ceropegia vincifolia Hook.
Ceropegia vincifolia Hook.
Ceropegia vincifolia is a flowering plant species in the Apocynaceae family native to India's Western Ghats.
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.
Leptadenia pyrotechnica is a branched desert shrub with various practical and traditional medicinal uses, tentatively linked to ancient Jewish ritual incense.
Stapelia grandiflora Curtis, 1802
Stapelia grandiflora Curtis, 1802
Stapelia grandiflora, the carrion plant, is a variable succulent that smells of carrion to attract fly pollinators.
Huernia schneideriana A.Berger
Huernia schneideriana A.Berger
Huernia schneideriana is a clumping succulent commonly grown as a decorative houseplant for its unique stems and unscented flowers.
Ceropegia zebrina subsp. zebrina
Ceropegia zebrina subsp. zebrina
Huernia zebrina (little owl/lifesaver cactus) is an Apocynaceae succulent native to southern Africa that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn.
Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn.
Asclepias vestita, or woolly milkweed, is an endemic California perennial milkweed with yellowish flowers.
Asclepias solanoana Woodson
Asclepias solanoana Woodson
Asclepias solanoana Woodson is a prostrate-stemmed perennial herb that produces dense spherical clusters of pink to brown flowers.
Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.
Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.
Asclepias involucrata is a perennial milkweed native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, with a recorded use by the Zuni people.
Asclepias connivens Baldwin ex Elliott
Asclepias connivens Baldwin ex Elliott
Asclepias connivens, or Baldwin's/largeflower milkweed, is an obligate wetland milkweed native to the southeastern US.
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A.Gray
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A.Gray
Asclepias meadii is a rare long-lived milkweed native to the US Midwest, threatened by habitat loss and reduced genetic diversity.
Asclepias prostrata W.H.Blackw.
Asclepias prostrata W.H.Blackw.
Asclepias prostrata, prostrate milkweed, is a rare perennial milkweed native to South Texas and northern Mexico.
Asclepias welshii N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
Asclepias welshii N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
Asclepias welshii (Welsh's milkweed) is a rare, federally threatened milkweed native to dunes in Utah and Arizona.
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