Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Matelea reticulata
Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Woodson
Pearl Milkweed Vine, Netted Milkvine, Green Milkweed Vine, Net Vein Milkvine
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)
USDA Symbol: MARE4USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Matelea reticulata
Pearl Milkweed
Asclepiadaceae
Location: 60 m south of the Gate House on South Oakwell Farms Pky--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Normal moisture. In brush, on rocky limestone hill. Partly shaded.
Description: Twining vine. Slender stems. Leaves opposite with stout spreading, pubescent, glandular petiole, to 35 mm long. Leaves deeply cordate basally, twice as long as broad. Corolla rotate, reticulately veined throughout, greenish.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 28, 1987
Specimen number: 181
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0411
Accession Date: Jun 27, 1993
Accession Number: 32
Annotations: SCXXB