''Metastelma arizonicum'', synonym ''Cynanchum arizonicum'', the Arizona swallow-wort or Arizona climbing milkweed, is a plant native to
Arizona,
New Mexico and
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
. It is a twining, herbaceous vine with whitish to yellow flowers, growing on rocky slopes and in canyons of desert mountain ranges.
[Gray, A. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 85. 1883.]
References
arizonicum
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Sonora
Flora of New Mexico
Plants described in 1883
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