Honeyvine milkweed
Honeyvine milkweed |
Honeyvine milkweed
| Scientific Name | Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. |
| Other Names | climbing milkweed |
| Life Cycle | perennial |
| General Description | Climbing perennial with heart-shaped leaves. |
| Seedlings | Most milkweeds emerge from overwintering rootbuds. Cotyledons are oval if present. |
| True Leaves and Stem | Leaves are opposite, smooth, heart-shaped, and have entire margins. Stems are trailing vines with long internodes. |
| Roots | Rhizomes. |
| Flower and Fruit | White corolla flowers with green or purple tinged calx lobes. Seeds are flat and ovate with white silky hairs attached. |