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Arizona Swallow Wort

Metastelma arizonicum

Also called Arizona Swallowwort

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
S. Arizona to Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Metastelma arizonicum, synonym Cynanchum arizonicum, the Arizona swallow-wort or Arizona climbing milkweed, is a plant native to Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora. It is a twining, herbaceous vine with whitish to yellow flowers, growing on rocky slopes and in canyons of desert mountain ranges.

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Wire wist · Metastelma blodgettii · Metastelma purpurascens · Metastelma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metastelma arizonicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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