Apocynaceae
Asclepias nivea L.
Asclepias nivea L.
Asclepias nivea (Caribbean milkweed) is a milkweed species native to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Microloma calycinum E.Mey.
Microloma calycinum E.Mey.
Microloma calycinum is an Apocynaceae plant species native to parts of northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia.
Cynanchum L.
Cynanchum L.
Cynanchum laeve is a twining vine found in central/eastern North America, toxic to humans and livestock, and a food source for some insect larvae.
Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea carolinensis is a perennial twining vine native to the southeastern United States, in the Apocynaceae family.
Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson
Matelea decipiens (Alexander) Woodson
Matelea decipiens, or oldfield milkvine, is a perennial vining Apocynaceae native to the southeastern United States.
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woodson
Matelea obliqua is an uncommon twining herbaceous flowering vine native to eastern US calcareous rocky woodlands.
Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson
Matelea baldwyniana is a perennial milkweed vine native to central and southeastern US that hosts monarch caterpillars.
Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm.) Woodson
Matelea cynanchoides (Engelm.) Woodson
Prairie milkvine (Matelea cynanchoides) is a perennial non-twining vine native to the south-central US, blooming in spring.
Gonolobus naturalistae M.G.Chávez, Pío-León & L.O.Alvarado
Gonolobus naturalistae M.G.Chávez, Pío-León & L.O.Alvarado
Gonolobus naturalistae is an endemic Mexican perennial vine found in the tropical dry forests of Chihuahua and Sinaloa.
Metastelma arizonicum A.Gray
Metastelma arizonicum A.Gray
Metastelma arizonicum, commonly called Arizona swallow-wort, is a native twining vine found in the southwestern US and Sonora.
Metastelma blodgettii A.Gray
Metastelma blodgettii A.Gray
Blodgett's swallow-wort is a threatened endemic perennial dogbane family plant from southern Florida and the Bahamas.
Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve
Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve
Funastrum utahense, or Utah swallow-wort/Utah vine milkweed, is an uncommon perennial vine native to the US Mojave Desert.
Oxypetalum coeruleum (D.Don ex Sweet) Decne.
Oxypetalum coeruleum (D.Don ex Sweet) Decne.
Oxypetalum coeruleum, a straggling perennial flowering plant from South America, is a popular cultivated garden plant with clear pale blue flowers.
Vincetoxicum polyanthum Kuntze
Vincetoxicum polyanthum Kuntze
Vincetoxicum polyanthum, coast tylophora, is an Australian native vine currently treated as Tylophora benthamii in recent Australian rainforest plant keys.
Vincetoxicum barbatum (R.Br.) Kuntze
Vincetoxicum barbatum (R.Br.) Kuntze
Vincetoxicum barbatum is a twining climbing vine native to southeastern Australia, useful as a cultivated groundcover.
Hoya pubicalyx Merr.
Hoya pubicalyx Merr.
Hoya pubicalyx Merr. is a vining epiphytic plant, grown as a houseplant, featured on the Philippine five-centavo coin.
Hoya verticillata (Vahl) G.Don
Hoya verticillata (Vahl) G.Don
Hoya verticillata is a climbing plant with white sap, opposite 3–5 veined leaves, and racemose flowers that look umbel-shaped.
Hoya kerrii Craib
Hoya kerrii Craib
Hoya kerrii Craib is a climbing plant with heart-shaped thick leaves that produces lightly scented or unscented red to brown nectar balls.
Stephanotis floribunda Brongn.
Stephanotis floribunda Brongn.
Stephanotis floribunda Brongn. is an evergreen fragrant flowering woody climber, popular in bridal bouquets and awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Dischidia major (Vahl) Merr.
Dischidia major (Vahl) Merr.
Dischidia major, the Malayan urn vine, is a myrmecophilic climbing vine that grows on trees with modified hollow leaves sheltering ants.
Dischidia nummularia R.Br.
Dischidia nummularia R.Br.
Dischidia nummularia is an epiphytic climbing Dischidia with small lens-shaped leaves, native to multiple regions across Asia and Australia.
Dischidia formosana Maxim.
Dischidia formosana Maxim.
Dischidia formosana is a climbing Dischidia species native to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, critically endangered in Japan.
Telosma cordata (Burm.fil.) Merr.
Telosma cordata (Burm.fil.) Merr.
Telosma cordata is a climbing creeper native to Indo-China, with edible parts and multiple uses including traditional medicine.
Cionura erecta (L.) Griseb.
Cionura erecta (L.) Griseb.
Cionura erecta is the only species in the Cionura genus of poisonous perennials native from the Mediterranean to Afghanistan.
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