Английская Википедия:Funastrum cynanchoides

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Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides),[1] also known as fringed twinevine, twining milkweed or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the 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]

Description

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

Its narrow, arrowhead shaped leaves are opposite and Шаблон:Convert long.[1]

The flowers are pink to purplish, and are produced in umbrella-like heads (umbels) up to Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2]

It has a fruit that is Шаблон:Convert long, with tufted seeds about Шаблон:Convert long.[1]

Distribution and habitat

It can be found from Southern California to Utah, Oklahoma and Texas.[2] It grows at the edge of desert dry washes in the eastern Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert at altitudes below Шаблон:Convert.[1]

In urban areas the vine freely climbs on plants, trees, as well as having a preference for chain-link fencing in neglected areas.

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Danaus butterfly on a flower

Ecology

The flowers are actively visited and fed on by butterflies, similar to other milkweeds.

References

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External links

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