*Periploca graeca Linnaeus. Common name: Silkvine. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe. Sometimes cultivated and escaped or persistent; it is reported for various states in e. North America, as in Knox County, TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA14, GrPl, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tx. Basionym: Periploca graeca L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Periploca graeca - FNA14
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