Funastrum utahense
(Engelm.) Liede & Meve
Utah vine milkweed
Funastrum utahense is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
California Rare Plant Rank:
4.2 (limited distribution)
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Apocynaceae
(Asclepiadaceae) - Funastrum
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Creosote Bush Scrub
[Wikipedia] Range, Description: Funastrum utahense, synonym Cynanchum utahense, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Funastrum of the family Apocynaceae,[2] known by the common names Utah swallow-wort and Utah vine milkweed. This relatively uncommon perennial vine is native to the Mojave Desert from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States. This is a small vine with a highly branched, twining stem rarely exceeding a meter in length with which it physically supports itself on other shrubs and trees. It has small narrow leaves a few centimeters long. Its flowers are bright yellow to orange and grow in umbels. The fruit is a grooved follicle several centimeters long. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
