Flower of Matelea floridana

Matelea floridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Matelea
Species:
M. floridana
Binomial name
Matelea floridana
(Vail) Woodson
Matelea floridana, grown by Pat Mahon, shows the blooms occurring at most all new nodes along stem.

Matelea floridana (also called Florida Milkvine or Florida Spiny Pod) is a flowering plant within the Milkweed Subfamily (Family Apocynaceae; Subfamily Asclepiadoideae).[1] It is endemic to Florida and two counties in Georgia, and is listed as Endangered.[2] It is a perennial dicot.[3] Flowers are purplish black, 1–2 cm in diameter, borne on short pedicels that occur at mature nodes along the stem, from one to many flowers.[4] Leaf pairs are opposite, cordate from 5–10 cm in length, lightly pubescent.

This species is very similar in appearance to Matelea carolinensis, but the distribution of the two species do not overlap.

Cultivation

This species germinates around 30–60 days without stratification of any kind. It is slow to grow, but after around 60 days, the plant can then be trained to climb. This species is thigmotropic, so it is imperative to allow it to climb. Once plant has established upon a vertical face, flowers may begin to form at nearly every node. Flowers smell like rotting fruit.

References

  1. "Taxonomy browser (Matelea floridana)". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. "Matelea floridana - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
  3. "Plants Profile for Matelea floridana (Florida milkvine)". Plants.usda.gov.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2020-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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