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Cynanchum floribundum

Cynanchum floribundum
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Cynanchum floribundum, desert cynanchum, is a multi-branched perennial shrub or scrambler from arid Australia, growing to about 1 m with white to cream flowers. It needs sun, sharp drainage and little water, and is best suited to dry-climate or xeriscape gardens.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cynanchum floribundum, commonly known as desert cynanchum, is a flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae and grows in Australia. It is a perennial shrub with twining stems and whitish flowers.

Where it grows

Desert cynanchum grows on sand dunes, granite rocks, and sometimes on rocky edges of watercourses in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Other Vincetoxicum plants

Vincetoxicum tsaii · Vincetoxicum shaanxiense · Cynanchum elegans · Vincetoxicum diplostigma · Vincetoxicum oblongum · Vincetoxicum auritum · Vincetoxicum forsteri · Vincetoxicum rupicola · Swallowwort · Vincetoxicum anomalum · Bearded Tylophora · Vincetoxicum bracteatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynanchum floribundum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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