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Orthosia scoparia

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Orthosia scoparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Orthosia
Species:
O. scoparia
Binomial name
Orthosia scoparia
(Nutt.) Liede & Meve (2008)[1]

Orthosia scoparia, commonly known as the leafless swallow-wort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Orthosia. It is an herbaceous vine with narrow opposite leaves. It is a host plant for the caterpillars of various butterfly species as well as Sephina gundlachii. It is in the Apocynaceae (Dogbane) family.[2] It grows in the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean and is native in the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Jamaica, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and South Carolina.[3] A perennial it has yellowish / greenish white flowers. Caterpillars of the faithful beauty moth (Composia fidelissima) are thought to feed on it.[4]

A climbing milkweed vine it reaches about 5 feet tall.[5] It has six homotypic synonyms and twenty heterotypic synonyms.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Orthosia scoparia (Nutt.) Liede & Meve". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ Bell, Emily (August 11, 2022). "Leafless swallowwort". Florida Wildflower Foundation.
  3. ^ a b "Orthosia scoparia (Nutt.) Liede & Meve". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ McMillan, Patrick D.; Jr, Richard Dwight Porcher; Rayner, Douglas A.; White, David B. (August 15, 2022). A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-64336-264-9 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Simons, Robert W. (July 19, 2021). The Ecology of the Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-5783-5 – via Google Books.