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It has several common names including swallowwort, pale swallowwort, and dog-strangling vine; ... It is a twining vine that grows to heights of 60–200 cm (2.0–6.6 ...
Vincetoxicum nigrum, a species in the family Apocynaceae, also known as black swallow-wort, [2] Louise's swallow-wort, [3] or black dog-strangling vine, [4] is a species of plant that is native to Europe and is found primarily in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. [5]
Cynanchum is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae.The taxon name comes from Greek kynos (meaning "dog") and anchein ("to choke"), hence the common name for several species is dog-strangling vine.
Abies ← [a] Abronia ← Acacia ← Acanthus ← Actinidia ← Actinotus ← Aerangis ← Aeranthes ← Aerides ← Aeschynanthus ← Agalmyla ← Agastache ← Agrostemma ← Aichryson ← Alloplectus ← Alopecurus ← Alphitonia ← Ammocharis ← Ammophila ← Androstephium ← Anemone ← Angophora ← Antirrhinum ← Aphyllanthes ← Archontophoenix ← Arctostaphylos ← Ardisia ← ...
Apocynaceae (/ ə ˌ p ɑː s ə ˈ n eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, from Apocynum, Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, [1] because some taxa were used as dog poison.
These all share a common "strangling" growth habit that is found in many tropical forest species. [1] [failed verification] This growth habit is an adaptation for growing in dark forests where the competition for light is intense. These plants are hemiepiphytes, spending the first part of their life without rooting into the ground. Their seeds ...
Kudzu smothering trees in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Kudzu (/ ˈ k uː d z u, ˈ k ʊ d-, ˈ k ʌ d-/), also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, [1] [2] is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. [2]
Dogbane, dog-bane, dog's bane, [citation needed] and other variations, some of them regional and some transient, are names for certain plants that are reputed to kill or repel dogs; "bane" originally meant "slayer", and was later applied to plants to indicate that they were poisonous to particular creatures.