Other common names:
Dog Strangling Vine, Poison-rope Swallowwort Other scientific names: Vincetoxicum album, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Vincetoxicum officinale French names:
Dompté-venin Family: Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae), (Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae)) Group: Swallowworts Distinctive features:
Opposite leaves on a vine, milkweed-like seed pods and seeds. Similar species: • Black Swallowwort (Cynanchum louiseae) • Pale Swallowwort (Cynanchum rossicum) Flowers: Summer; White; 5 parts (petals); 5-petals, white, 1/4" wide, late spring & summer. Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Entire; Opposite pairs, sometimes in a whorl, egg-shaped. Height:
Vine, 2-6 feet long. Stem:
Vine. Fruit/Seeds:
In a pod, closely resembling those of milkweed. but smaller. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas; Open areas, forest edges. Native/Non-native:
Non-native Status:
Uncommon.
Notes:
This is a highly invasive alien plant, that will aggressively take over an area once it gets a chance. Pull it up before it gets a foothold.
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