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Apocynaceae
Matelea

Matelea carolinensis (Jacquin) Woodson. Common name: Carolina Spinypod. Phenology: Apr-Jul (-Aug); Jun-Oct (-Nov). Habitat: Moist to dry, nutrient-rich forests. Distribution: DE, MD, KY, and s. MO south to GA and MS (and w. LA and e. TX?).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA14, K4, RAB, Tn, Va, W; = Gonolobus carolinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Schult. — F, G, Tat; = Odontostephana carolinensis (Jacq.) Alexander — S; = Vincetoxicum carolinensis (Jacq.) Britton. Basionym: Cynanchum carolinense Jacq. 1788

Links to other floras: = Matelea carolinensis - FNA14

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Herbaceous perennial vine found in moist to dry, nutrient-rich forests.

Stems: Stems slender, climbing over other vegetation, hairy, leaking milky sap when broken.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, widely heart-shaped with the basal lobes sometimes overlapping, 2-4 in. long, minutely hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in clusters of 5-10, on stalks from between leaf petiole pairs; brown-purple to maroon (rarely yellowish); about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 minutely hairy, widely spreading to slightly recurved, elliptic-oblong petals with rounded tips, and a central "crown" that encloses the reproductive structures.

Fruits: Fruit a spiny, oval to lance-shaped follicle.

Comments:

Height: 4-5 ft. (long)

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description: Herbaceous perennial vine found in moist to dry, nutrient-rich forests.

stems: Stems slender, climbing over other vegetation, hairy, leaking milky sap when broken.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, widely heart-shaped with the basal lobes sometimes overlapping, 2-4 in. long, minutely hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in clusters of 5-10, on stalks from between leaf petiole pairs; brown-purple to maroon (rarely yellowish); about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 minutely hairy, widely spreading to slightly recurved, elliptic-oblong petals with rounded tips, and a central "crown" that encloses the reproductive structures.

fruits: Fruit a spiny, oval to lance-shaped follicle.

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native range: eastern United States



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