Vincetoxicum rossicum

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Image: R. Omlor • Accession: 202000496/1

Scientific name: Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar.

Common name: Russische Schwalbenwurz, dog-strangling vine, pale swallow-wort, Russian swallowwort

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)

Synonym: Cynanchum rossicum

Distribution: Ukraine, South European Russia

Life form: kletternde ausdauernde krautige Pflanze

Comments: potentially invasive species

Links: CABI - Invasive Species Compendium • Wikipedia (English)

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