20110602_1908 Cynanchum angustifolium
Cynanchum angustifolium, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, 6/2/2011,Romerly Marsh, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga.
Our “Queen”, Danaus gilippus butterfly, active all year in warmer parts of Florida, strays north along the Southern Eastern seaboard in the summer. Here on the coast of Georgia we normally find it adjacent to our marshes where we find one of its Milkweed ( Asclepiadaceae family) host-plants, Cynanchum angustifolium, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort.
This Cynanchum angustifolium host-plant is a perennial vine, with yellow, white, green flowers in a simple umbel with narrow alternate leaves, often over looked as it twines amongst the Sea Ox-Eye Daisy, Borrichia frutescens, Black Needle Rush, Juncus roemerianus and other plants located adjacent to our marsh edges.
20110602_1908 Cynanchum angustifolium
Cynanchum angustifolium, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort, 6/2/2011,Romerly Marsh, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga.
Our “Queen”, Danaus gilippus butterfly, active all year in warmer parts of Florida, strays north along the Southern Eastern seaboard in the summer. Here on the coast of Georgia we normally find it adjacent to our marshes where we find one of its Milkweed ( Asclepiadaceae family) host-plants, Cynanchum angustifolium, Gulf Coast Swallow-wort.
This Cynanchum angustifolium host-plant is a perennial vine, with yellow, white, green flowers in a simple umbel with narrow alternate leaves, often over looked as it twines amongst the Sea Ox-Eye Daisy, Borrichia frutescens, Black Needle Rush, Juncus roemerianus and other plants located adjacent to our marsh edges.