Apocynaceae

White twinevine

Funastrum clausum (Jacq.) Schltr.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Funastrum

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White twinevine: A windy day forced me deep into the small neighborhood cypress swamp where my friend Bee showed me that the white twinevine was in bloom. These skinny green vin — Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Bulgarian: Funastrum clausum/fr
English: White twinevine
French: Funastrum clausum/fr
Italian: Funastrum clausum/fr
Russian: Funastrum clausum/fr
Spanish: Funastrum clausum/fr

Synonyms

Apocynum proliferum Sessé & Moc.
Asclepias alba Cav.
Asclepias clausa Jacq.
Asclepias filiformis Jacq.
Asclepias jacquiniana Spreng.
Asclepias linearifolia Pav. ex Decne.
Asclepias scandens Mill.
Asclepias vicinalis Mart.
Asclepias viminalis Sw.
Asclepias volubilis Dombey ex Decne.
Ceramanthus bonariensis Malme
Cynanchum album Pers.
Cynanchum clausum (Jacq.) Jacq.
Cynanchum filiforme (Jacq.) Jacq.
Cynanchum filliforme (Jacq.) L.f.
Cynanchum leucanthum Jacq. ex J.F.Gmel.
Cynanchum mexicanum Brandegee
Cynanchum pedunculare Lam.
Cynanchum verticillare Lam.
Funastrum apiculatum (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum barbatum (Mart. ex E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum bonariense (Hook. & Arn.) Schltr.
Funastrum crassifolium (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum cumanense (Kunth) Schltr.
Funastrum cuspidatum (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum dombeyanum (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum filiforme (Jacq.) Schltr.
Funastrum fragile Rusby
Funastrum gardneri (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum glaziovii (K.Schum.) Schltr.
Funastrum lanceolatum Rusby
Funastrum lasianthum (Schltr.) Schltr.
Funastrum pallidum (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum palmeri (A.Gray) Schltr.
Funastrum pedunculatum (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum pubescens (Kunth) Schltr.
Funastrum riparium (Decne.) Schltr.
Funastrum schottii (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
Funastrum seibertii Woodson
Funastrum trichopetalum (Silveira) Schltr.

and 44 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.