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Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
Also called Common vincetoxicum, White Swallowwort, German Ipecac, Swallowwort, Swallow Wort
White swallow-wort is a long-lived herbaceous perennial native to cliffs and slopes in Europe and western Asia, most often on chalky or limestone soils. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it is grown mainly by enthusiasts or for its medicinal history.
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, commonly named white swallow-wort, is a long-lived herbaceous perennial of the genus Vincetoxicum in the family Apocynaceae.
This species is native to cliffs and slopes, especially in calcareous soils, of continental Eurasia (including some Baltic islands). There are introduced populations in North America (Ontario, Michigan, and New York). It is not present in Great Britain and Ireland.
Vincetoxicum forsteri · Vincetoxicum rupicola · Bearded Tylophora · Vincetoxicum lineare · Dark vincetoxicum · Vincetoxicum woollsii · Swallow-wort
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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.
