General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 15 to 20 feet long.
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: can be pinkish or purplish
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Climbing Milkweed Vine
  • Fringed Twinevine
  • Twine-Vine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Funastrum cynanchoides
  • Synonym: Sarcostemma cynanchoides

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Location: Fielder House larval garden.
Date: 2014-08-15
Flowers have a lovely scent.
Location: El Paso, Texas
Date: 2018-08-09
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
The flowers have the typical milkweed structure.
Location: Fielder House larval garden.
Date: 2014-08-15
Very vigorous vine.
Uploaded by frostweed
Uploaded by Justin
Location: Fielder House larval garden.
Date: 2014-08-15
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-07-18
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-09-09
The blooms are quite lovely.
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
Closed bud cluster.
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
This plant is used as larval food by the Monarch butterfly.
Uploaded by Justin
Uploaded by Justin
Location: Three Rivers, Texas
Date: 2020-10-05
A pretty and pretty tough milkweed--found near a truckstop
Location: Fielder House larval garden.
Date: 2014-08-15
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: August 8, 2013
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: August 8, 2013
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-09-09
This vine can get quite large.
Uploaded by Justin
Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 18, 2020 6:58 PM concerning plant:
    Sarcostemma, coming from the Greek words sarx ("flesh") and stemma ("crown"), refers to the fleshy inner portion of the corona. There are several similar species in the Southwest, all hairy or downy.

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