Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
COMMON NAME:
hammock viper's-tail, Wild Allamanda
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmulutea_fssp
June Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmulutea_fssp3
June Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmulutea_fssp5
June Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmulutea_fssp6
June Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Flowers are showy, funnelform, bright yellow, to about 5cm wide, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmulutea_fssp9
June Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Leaves oblong to nearly elliptic, typically strongly revolute, per Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida.
2349
Shrub; Woody vine
Perennial
Native: Florida
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Paired follicles
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