Periploca laevigata Aiton

FLORA OF CANARY ISLANDS
Herbarium of Utrecht University (U)
Asclepiadaceae
Periploca
laevigata Ait.
Det. P.J.M. Maas	2000
sea level
La Palma Island, along road from Santa Cruz to Los
Cancajos
Rocky black lava
Vine; stems reddish brown with abundant white latex;
petals greenish, inner side brownish red; corona-lobes
threadlike, pink; follicles paired, green, forming angle of
180 degrees with each other
P.J.M. & H. Maas
nr. 8845
20 February 2000
04201204