Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Metastelma arizonicum (Arizona Swallow-wort,Arizona Climbing Milkweed)
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Habitat: rocky slopes
Life Form: vine,non-woody Leaf Description: linear,revolute,thick,opposite Flower Color: white or whitish Flowering Period: All year Spines: spineless Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Abundance: rare Additional Information: Felger, R.S., S. Rutman, and J. Malusa. 2014. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: Flora of Southwestern Arizona: Part 8. Eudicots: Acanthaceae to Apocynaceae. Phytoneuron 2014-85, 1-71 page 68 (8.5 MB pdf) |
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