Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Cynanchum barbigerum
Cynanchum barbigerum (Scheele) Shinners
Bearded Swallow-wort, Thicket Threadvine
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)
USDA Symbol: CYBAUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Cynanchum barbigerum
Bearded Swallow-Wort
Asclepiadaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Understory plant among Quercus virginiana.
Description: Glabrous, twining vine, much branched. Leaves with petioles to 8 mm, elliptic-lanceolate; acute apically, rounded basally. Corymbs subsessile or peduncle to 1 cm; 5-flowered. Corolla thickened, white, open campanulate, 2.8-5.2 mm long. Lobes recurved. Fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 23, 1993
Specimen number: 014
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0490
Accession Date: Aug 20, 1993
Accession Number: 38
Annotations: SCXXB