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Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon. Sandvine, Honeyvine, Bluevine. Phen: Apr-Nov; Jul-Dec. Hab: Bottomlands and disturbed areas. Dist: Se. PA and KS south to sw. GA, Panhandle FL, and c. TX. The native vs. adventive portions of the distribution are difficult to determine; we here treat the distribution east of the Appalachians as likely introduced.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, GrPl, GW2, K1, K3, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV; = Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britton – C, F, G, Il; = Ampelamus laevis (Michx.) Krings – WH3, Krings (2001); = Gonolobus laevis Michx. – S; = n/a – Tat

Links to other floras: = Cynanchum laeve - FNA14; = Cynanchum laeve - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Vining perennial of bottomlands, stream banks and various moist to wet disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems branching, twining and climbing, often reddish and often with lines of hairs, oozing milky sap when broken.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval with long tip and heart-shaped base, to about 4 in. long, smooth or hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in furry-stalked, axillary umbels; white, about 1/4 in. long, with 5 erect corolla lobes and a 5-parted, erect "crown," as well as 5 shorter, green calyx lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a teardrop-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.

Comments:

Height: 9-30 ft. long

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description: Vining perennial of bottomlands, stream banks and various moist to wet disturbed areas.

stems: Stems branching, twining and climbing, often reddish and often with lines of hairs, oozing milky sap when broken.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval with long tip and heart-shaped base, to about 4 in. long, smooth or hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in furry-stalked, axillary umbels; white, about 1/4 in. long, with 5 erect corolla lobes and a 5-parted, erect "crown," as well as 5 shorter, green calyx lobes.

fruits: Fruit a teardrop-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.

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