Talayote

Cynanthum racomosa unifairum

Family: Asclepiadaceae

Plant Description: Perennial milkweed vine with twining stems to 5 m or longer. Leaves deeply cordate, 4-11 cm long. Flowers in racemose axillary clusters, the corolla lobes 2-3 mm long, greenish.

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Field Identification:

Occurrence: Frequent on various soils along streams and ravines or in mesquite pastures and oak woods.

Bloom Period: May-November

Plant Use:

Key to the four Cynanchum species:

  1. Leaves 1-15 mm wide…………………………………………………………………………………..2

Leaves much wider………………………………………………………………….C. racemosa

2. Corolla white, the lobed pilose withing……………………………..C. bargierum

Corolla not white……………………………………………………………………………………………3

3. Leaves 3-8 cm long……………………………………………………………C. angustifolium

Leaves less than 3 cm long; corolla lobes puberulent within………………………………………………………………………………………………………….C. maccartii