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Milkvines

Asclepiadaceae (Asclepiodora) - Milkweed family
Wavyleaf Twistvine (Wavyleaf Twinevine) Funastrum crispum
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Specimen A

                       

Longest leaves are about 3"-4" long. Center vein has a gray stripe made of tiny white hairs. Leaf edges are red and "ruffled". Flower cluster is about 2" wide. Red/brown flowers are 3/8"-1/2" wide.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2004, May-June & September 2005

Fower photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2005

Specimen B

        

I did not get a picture of the flower. Vine covered underbrush and twined upwards about 6 feet. Leaves are 1"-4" long. Center vein has a gray stripe. Leaf edges are not ruffled. Seed pod about 4" long.
Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, September 2005

Specimen C

        

This is the green flower variation.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2006

Similar Species

Fringed Twistvine Funastrum cynanchoides
Flowers are in a loose to tight cluster. Flowers are white with pink center stripe. Leaves are very narrow, broadly lanceolate, or heart-shaped.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke, Fisher)

  

Asclepiadaceae (Asclepiodora) - Milkweed family
Bearded Swallow-wort Cynanchum barbigerum
Tightly twisting vine with no tendrils, branches to 6 feet long. Flowers about 1/8"-1/4" wide with a bulbous tube; very fuzzy, sweet scent. Leaves 1/2"-1 1/2" long.
Photos taken in Val Verde County, Texas, August 2005 (wet summer)
(Native of Texas, central & south - Coke - Val Verde)

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Honeyvine Cynanchum laeve
Small white flowers in a cluster. Flowers not fuzzy. Heart-shaped leaves.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown, Coke)

Talayote Cynanchum racemosum
Tiny white flowers, short curved petals with green center stripe, in a cluster. Heart-shaped leaves.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)

     

Asclepiadaceae (Asclepiodora) - Milkweed family
Pearl Milkweed Vine (Green Milkweed Vine, Netted Milkvine) Matelea reticulata
Flower is green with white streaks and a silver center dot, about 1/2" wide. Low growing, twining vine with large heart shaped leaves, 3" wide x 4 1/4" long. 4" long seedpod has randomly spaced, fleshy, sharp spikes.
Photos taken by Eric Runfeldt in Coryell County, Texas, June 2007
(Native of Texas, central, south, & west - not listed in my area - Coryell)

Similar Species

Star Milkvine (Purple Milkweed Vine) Matelea biflora
Purple flower petals, full star, short stem from leaf nodes. Heart-shaped leaves
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown)

Angularfruit Milkvine Matelea gonocarpos
Purple flower, petals twist, full star. Heart-shaped leaves. Pods are prickly.
(Native of Texas - Brown)