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'''''Funastrum cynanchoides''''' (formerly called ''[[Sarcostemma]] cynanchoides''<ref name=MDW>{{cite book|author=Pam MacKay|title=Mojave Desert Wildflowers, 2nd: A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Death Valley National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park|date=5 March 2013|publisher=FalconGuides|isbn=978-0-7627-8033-4|page=74}}</ref>), '''fringed twinevine''' or '''climbing milkweed''', is a [[perennial plant]] in the Dogbane Family ([[Apocynaceae]]) that grows twining through other plants in the [[Mojave Desert]] and [[wikipedia:Sonoran_Desert|Sonoran Desert.]]<ref name="MDW" /> It has milky sap and smells pungent.<ref name="MDW" /> It is similar to ''[[Funastrum hirtellum]]''.<ref name=MDW/>
'''''Funastrum cynanchoides''''' (formerly called ''[[Sarcostemma]] cynanchoides''<ref name=MDW>{{cite book|author=Pam MacKay|title=Mojave Desert Wildflowers, 2nd: A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Death Valley National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park|date=5 March 2013|publisher=FalconGuides|isbn=978-0-7627-8033-4|page=74}}</ref>), '''fringed twinevine, twining milkweek''' or '''climbing milkweed''', is a [[perennial plant]] in the Dogbane Family ([[Apocynaceae]]) that grows twining through other plants in the [[Mojave Desert]] and [[wikipedia:Sonoran_Desert|Sonoran Desert.]]<ref name="MDW" /> It has milky sap and smells pungent.<ref name="MDW" /> It is similar to ''[[Funastrum hirtellum]]''.<ref name=MDW/>


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Funastrum cynanchoides
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F. cynanchoides
Binomial name
Funastrum cynanchoides
(Decne.) Schltr.
Synonyms

Sarcostemma cynanchoides Decne.

Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides[1]), fringed twinevine, twining milkweek or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae) that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[1] It has milky sap and smells pungent.[1] It is similar to Funastrum hirtellum.[1]

Habitat and range

It grows at the edge of desert dry washes below 2,000' in the eastern Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.[1]

Growth pattern

It is a twining vine-like plant that grows over other shrubs.[1] 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.[1]

Flowers

Flowers are pink to purplish, and are produced in umbrella-like heads ((umbels).[1] Flowers are visited and fed on by monarch butterflies, similar to other milkweeds.

Fruits

It has a fruit that is 3" to 4" long, with tufted seeds about 1.4" long.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Pam MacKay (5 March 2013). Mojave Desert Wildflowers, 2nd: A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Death Valley National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park. FalconGuides. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7627-8033-4.