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Cynanchum angustifolium
Also called Dogbane Family, Milkweed Family, Dogbane, Periwinkle Family [plants], Periwinkle Family, Dogbanes And Milkweeds
Gulf coast swallow-wort is a native perennial twining vine of the southern United States, a milkweed-family plant that hosts monarch butterflies. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so care is mostly about leaving it be in suitable native habitat.
Funastrum angustifolium (syn. Cynanchum angustifolium) is a plant species. Commonly known as the Gulf coast swallow-wort, it is a perennial dicot that grows in the southern United States as far west as Texas. It is in the Cynanchum genus and Apocynaceae family. A flowering vine, it produces white blossoms with greenish and yellow parts. A member of the milkweed family, it is a plant host for monarch butterflies and produces wind dispersed seed pods.
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