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Swallow Wort

Pattalias palustris

Also called Gulf Coast Swallow Wort, Gulf Coast Milkweed Vine

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Belize, Bahamas to Cuba, Cayman Is.
Climate
subtropical

About

Pattalias palustris is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae, also known as Gulf Coast swallow wort. It is native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Texas, and to Mexico, Belize, Cuba, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Cayman Islands.

A perennial vine, it is found in areas of dunes, salt marsh, and coastal hammock within Florida and Alabama.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pattalias palustris 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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