P h o t o b y D e n n i s D . H o r n @ T E N N
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Habitat:
Rich thickets, fence rows, edge of woods.
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Species Description:
Twining perennial vine with milky sap, opposite heart-shaped leaves, and long-stalked clusters of 5-petaled maroon flowers.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early April to late June.
Fruiting Period: Early July to late October.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
This species is milkvine is distinguished by having a pubescent calyx lobes and glandular-puberulent corolla lobes on the inside and maroon in color. These are widest from the middle to the end and less htan 4 times as long as wide. Corona longer than and forming a cup around the gynostegium. Follicles have small sharp projections (muricate) and rounded rather than angled.
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Management:
Timber removal would be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Pennsylvania (where possibly extirpated) and Deleware south to Florida, west to Kentucky, Arkansas, and Texas.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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