Cynanchum angustifolium

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Cynanchum angustifolium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species:
C. angustifolium
Binomial name
Cynanchum angustifolium
(Decne.) Morillo

Cynanchum angustifolium is a plant species. Commonly known as the Gulf coast swallow-wort, it is a perennial dicot that grows in the southern United States as far west as Texas. It is in the Cynanchum genus and Apocynaceae family.[1] A flowering vine, it produces white blossoms with greenish and yellow parts.[2] A member of the milkweed family, it is a plant host for monarch butterflies and produces wind dispersed seed pods.[3]

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