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: Gunsight Mountain Ranch, Tarpley.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry limestone soil, in full sun. Trailing/twining over slopes/shrubs.
Description: Thin, wiry, well-branched vine. Leaves petioled to 3.5 mm, opposite, linear-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, 8x30 mm, broadly rounded basally, acute apically, medium green above, lighter beneath, margins revolute when dry. Corymbs of 4-5 flowers axillary, sub-sessile or short peduncled. Corolla lobes-5, linear-lanceolate, whitish, glabrous out, long pilose inside.
County: Bandera
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 18, 1992
Specimen number: 473
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0681
Accession Date: Mar 22, 1994
Accession Number: 49
Annotations: SCXXN