Funastrum utahense

Funastrum utahense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Funastrum
Species:
F. utahense
Binomial name
Funastrum utahense
(Engelm.) Liede & Meve
Synonyms
  • Astephanus utahense Engelm.
  • Cynanchum utahense (Engelm.) Woodson

Funastrum utahense, synonym Cynanchum utahense, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Funastrum of the family Apocynaceae, known by the common names Utah swallow-wort and Utah vine milkweed. This relatively uncommon perennial vine is native to the Mojave Desert from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States. This is a small vine with a highly branched, twining stem rarely exceeding a meter in length with which it physically supports itself on other shrubs and trees. It has small narrow leaves a few centimeters long. Its flowers are bright yellow to orange and grow in umbels. The fruit is a grooved follicle several centimeters long.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  3. ↑ Sundell, A. 1993. Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:169-187.
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora of USA and Canada, Cynanchum utahense.
  5. ↑ Woodson, R.E. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 28(2): 215. 1941.
  6. ↑ Engelmann, G. American Naturalist 9(6): 349. 1875.
  7. ↑ Liede, S., & U. Meve. Nordic Journal of Botany 22(5): 589. 2003.