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Photo Guide : Cynanchum laeve (Sand Vine [Blue Vine] Milkweed)

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(18 K)
  • Perennial trailing vine
  • Leaves opposite; 4-11cm long, 2-10cm wide; heart-like shape
  • Flowers: whitish to cream
  • Habitat: Sandy, clayey, or rocky calcareous soils of forest margins, thickets, flood plains, or disturbed areas
  • Distribution: sw IA, MO, e edge NE, e 2/3 KS, e OK; (PA to NE, s to GA & TX)
Text taken from:
Great Plains Association, 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas.
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