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Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (White swallow-wort)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, commonly named white swallow-wort (its seedpods are reminiscent of a swallow's wing, or tail), is a long-lived herbaceous perennial of the genus Vincetoxicum in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to cliffs and slopes, especially in calcareous soils, of continental Eurasia (including some Baltic islands). There are introduced populations in North America (Ontario, Michigan, and New York). The plant was mentioned by Pedanius Dioscorides as a traditional plant used by Dacians and known as "ZOO-USTE", the "herb of animals", believed to open any locked door.
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Infraspecies

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria adriaticum
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria contiguum
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria hirundinaria
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria laxum
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria luteolum
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria nivale

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  White
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies, Butterflies
Structure [4]  Herb
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry

Protected Areas

Predators

Abrostola asclepiadis[5]
Amauris albimaculata (Layman)[5]
Amauris niavius (Friar butterfly)[5]
Amauris ochlea (Novice)[5]
Lygaeus equestris (Black-and-Red-bug)[6]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0