Cynanchum laeve

Family:APOCYNACEAE
Species:Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
Common Name:Sandvine; Bluevine; Honey Vine
Habitat:Stream banks, floodplains, and roadsides.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:CYLA
Plant Notes:Honey Vine is a native perennial herbaceous vine in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is found primarily in those parts of the state with basic soils such as the Tennessee Valley and Black Belt regions. It grows along streams and rivers, in wet prairies, and around the edge of fields. It is an herbaceous vine up to 10 feet in length that climbs by twining. Honey Vine has a taproot and long thin rhizomes that spread from it. The stem is green or reddish in color and glabrous or with lines of small white hairs. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, cordate in outline, with entire margins. The leaves are glabrous and often of contrasting colors along the veins. Flowers are produced in umbellate corymbs from the axils of the leaves. The corolla has 5 linear white lobes that are often pink tinged in bud. The corolla lobes are often “twisted”. There is a variable corona in the center of the flower. The flowers produce a heavy sweet odor. The fruit is a smooth follicle. The flat seed have a tuft of white hair at one end that aids in wind dispersal. Honey Vine can be purchased from some nurseries that specialize in plants for butterflies. It is a larval food plant for the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus). It can also be grown from seed. Honey Vine prefers full or partial sun and a clay soil. It will need a trellis or other support to climb on. It can spread from sprouts along the rhizomes, and can be difficult to control. It is considered an agricultural weed in some mid-western states. --A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyAPOCYNACEAE - Dogbane family
Genus Cynanchum
Species Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. - Sandvine; Bluevine; Honey Vine

Citation

Citation Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 274. 1805.
Basionym: Gonolobus laevis Michx. 1803.
Type: USA: ILLINOIS: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Ampelamus albidus    
Gonolobus laevis    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Calhoun, Choctaw, Colbert, Dallas, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Sumter

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
SAMF0004409 Morgan 02 Aug 2005 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3300
SAMF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UWAL0039788 Montgomery 21 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27639
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AUA000033255 Limestone 26 Jul 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14318
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
TROY000014461 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18243
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNAF0000674 Lauderdale 20 Jun 1990 Henry, Janet
08164
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNA00069322 Greene 15 Aug 1965 Naugle, Helen E.
77
UNA
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UNAF0000675 Lauderdale 02 Oct 1986 Self, Terry
04004
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UWAL0033735 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9730
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AUA000030944 Madison 8 Aug 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9829 & 1116
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
TROY000044162 Montgomery 21 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27639
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120853 Calhoun 11 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
763
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120854 Jackson 13 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1221
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AUA000030943 Lowndes 15 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7629
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AUA000030942 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11907
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
JSU120860 Limestone 13 Jul 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9079
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AMAL00020569 Marengo 17 Aug 2012 England, J. Kevin
3910
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
ALNHS00004362 Etowah 01 Sep 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2483
ALNHS
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UNAF0000673 Lauderdale 26 Sep 1986 Daly, Robert
3973
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNA00066850 Sumter 13 Sep 2006 Mustain, Robert A.
101
UNA
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UNAF0000676 Lauderdale 15 Jul 1996 Thomas, Amber
s.n.
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
SAMF0007427 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6441
SAMF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UWAL0034182 Colbert 23 Aug 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14391
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
TROY000046895 Marengo 17 Aug 2012 England, J. Kevin
3910
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AMAL00008214 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11907
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
JSU120855 Jackson 29 Jun 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
6015
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120858 Jackson 28 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5411
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AMAL00018354 Jackson 27 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-441
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AMAL00005894 Madison 08 Aug 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9829
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
JSU139570 Marshall 13 Jul 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9039
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UWAL0014570 Marengo 17 Aug 2012 England, J. Kevin
3910
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
ALNHS00004050 Colbert 13 Jul 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-736
ALNHS
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UNAF0000671 Lauderdale 02 Oct 1986 Daly, Robert
04233
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
TROY000014174 Jefferson 25 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11474
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNAF0000677 Limestone 19 Jul 1996 Walter, Tina
s.n.
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
TROY000014175 Sumter 13 Sep 2006 Mustain, Robert A.
101
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UWAL0034241 Limestone 26 Jul 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14318
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UNA00073668 Marengo 17 Aug 2012 England, J. Kevin
3910
UNA
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AMAL00005891 Jefferson 25 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11474
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
JSU120861 Marshall 8 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4338
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120859 Jackson 28 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5411
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
AMAL00020007 Dallas 24 Aug 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-458
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
JSU120857 Jackson 5 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5726
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNA00059322 Jefferson 25 Jul 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11474
UNA
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AUA000030941 Dallas 8 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
534
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
TROY000051332 Monroe 13 Jul 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9730
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNAF0000672 Lauderdale 02 Oct 1986 Daly, Robert
04067
UNAF
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
TROY000014173 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11907
TROY
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120862 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18504
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
JSU120856 Jackson 5 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5726
JSU
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
UNA00062319 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11907
UNA
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AUA000030940 Choctaw 23 Aug 1995 Crouch, Virginia E.
1460
AUA
Cynanchum Laeve (Michx.) Pers.
AMAL00012970 Sumter 13 Sep 2006 Mustain, Robert A.
101
AMAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
UWAL0000423 Sumter 13 Sep 2006 Mustain, Robert A.
101
UWAL
Cynanchum laeve (Michaux) Persoon
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