Matelea reticulata

Common name: Green Milkweed Vine, Net-vein Milkweed, Pearl Milkvine
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Size: 4.5 m long
Description: Twining, climbing, soft-hairy vine
Habitat: Various soils, partly shaded areas, oak mottes

Flower:

• 2 cm across
• 5 petals,
• Pale green with netlike venation
• United in basal portion
• 5 stamens united, topped with small silver-colored pearlike structure
• Flowers few to several, stalked, in cluster
• Long stalked in cluster from leaf axils

Stem and leaves:

• Leaves 12 cm long
• Opposite, long stalked
• Heart shaped
• Margins entire
• Stem solitary, branched, wiry