Scientific Name |
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. |
Other Names |
climbing milkweed |
Life Cycle |
perennial |
General Description |
Climbing perennial with heart-shaped leaves. |
Seedlings |
Most milkweeds emerge from overwintering rootbuds. Cotyledons
are oval if present. |
True Leaves and Stem |
Leaves are opposite, smooth, heart-shaped, and have entire
margins. Stems are trailing vines with long internodes. |
Roots |
Rhizomes. |
Flower and Fruit |
White corolla flowers with green or purple tinged calx lobes.
Seeds are flat and ovate with white silky hairs attached. |