Funastrum cynanchoides facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Funastrum cynanchoides |
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| Scientific classification | |
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Funastrum
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cynanchoides
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Sarcostemma cynanchoides Decne. |
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Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides), fringed twinevine, twining milkweed or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. It has milky sap and smells pungent. It is similar to Funastrum hirtellum.
Habitat and range
It grows at the edge of desert dry washes below 2,000' in the eastern Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.
Growth pattern
It is a twining vine-like plant that grows over other shrubs. In urban areas the vine freely climbs on plants, trees, as well as having a preference for chain link fencing in neglected areas.
Leaves
Its narrow, arrowhead shaped leaves are opposite and 1" to 1 1/2" long.
Flowers
Flowers are pink to purplish, and are produced in umbrella-like heads (umbels). Flowers are actively visited and fed on by butterflies, similar to other milkweeds.
Fruits
It has a fruit that is 3" to 4" long, with tufted seeds about 1.4" long.
Images for kids
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Danaus butterfly on a flower
