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Cynanchum laeve
Seed pods on a vine growing at woodland edge. Pods & seeds similar to milkweed in appearance but growth habit entirely different. Unfortunately the vine is devoid of leaves.
Any ideas anyone?
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Thanks, Karen for the spotting--and all of you for the discussion--with this help I ID my spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/755...
It seems like at least half of the flowers I find around here and really like are horrible invasives... but like your milkweed, they're still pretty.
Thanks textless! Neither had I - though apparently this is considered a noxious weed!
Really pretty - I've never seen this.
Thanks Lars & Kristal!
Edward, I think I've learned far more botany here then I ever managed to absorb at school! :)
Very cool!
as did I ....... thanks for the great learning opportunity Karen!
beautiful, Karen
Thanks Edward! I never knew there was a species of climbing milkweed! I learn something new every day here on Project Noah!
search the name ...... i just did. It's a climbibg milkweed this gives you all the info you need
Cynanchum laeve ..... run it through Google.
This is Cynanchum laeve (perhaps more frequently known by its old scientific name, Ampelamus albidus) and commonly known as honeyvine, honeyvine milkweed or climbing milkweed.
Cynanchum laeve from the USDA Plants Database
Honeyvine milkweed from the Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide
me either off hand, will check into it though.
I was just going to suggest milkweed, but you know your stuff Karen. Hmmm, a vine, eh? I'm not sure what it is.
it looks like a milkweed seedpod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias