Climbing Milkvine
Matelea obliqua
Summary 3
Matelea obliqua is a vine in the dogbane family commonly called climbing milkvine. Like other plants in this family, it exudes a toxic milky sap when injured.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10288187
- (c) Darel Hess, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/hessd/e5320
- (c) The Preserve at Shaker Village, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Color | maroon, red |
|---|---|
| Status | native |
| Blooms in | summer |
