Apocynaceae
Hammock viper's-tail
Pentalinon luteum
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Pentalinon
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 金香藤, 黄色角荚藤
- English
- Hammock viper's-tail, Yellow dipladenia
- Thai
- จันทร์กระจ่างฟ้า
Synonyms
- Angadenia jamaicensis (Griseb.) Lippold
- Apocynum speciosissimum Mill.
- Asketanthera obtusifolia Alain
- Chariomma domingense (Jacq.) Miers
- Chariomma domingensis (Jacq.) Miers
- Chariomma flava (Hook.) Miers
- Chariomma mucronulata Miers
- Chariomma scandens Miers
- Chariomma surrecta Miers
- Chariomma verticillata Miers
- Dipladenia flava Hook.
- Echites andrewsii Chapm.
- Echites barbatus Ham.
- Echites catesbaei G.Don
- Echites christophorianus Ham.
- Echites domingensis Jacq.
- Echites heterophyllus J.F.Gmel.
- Echites jamaicensis Griseb.
- Echites neriandrus Griseb.
- Echites obovatus Sessé & Moc.
- Echites pellieri Loudon
- Echites suberectus Andrews
- Echites suberectus Jacq.
- Haemadictyon suberectum G.Don
- Laseguea jaegeri Miers
- Laseguea pubiflora Miers
- Laubertia urechites Griseb. ex Miers
- Mitozus jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers
- Neriandra suberecta (Jacq.) A.DC.
- Pentalinon luteum var. sericeum (R.W.Long) D.B.Ward
- Pentalinon suberectum (Jacq.) Voigt
- Rhabdadenia barbata (Desv.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia laxiflora Miers
- Urechites andrewsii (Chapm.) Small
- Urechites angustifolius (Ekman & Helwig) Lippold
- Urechites dolichanthus Urb.
- Urechites jaegeri Müll.Arg.
- Urechites jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers
- Urechites luteus (L.) Britton
- Urechites luteus var. angustifolius Ekman & Helwig
and 8 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Vincent P. Lucas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Rajasekhar1961, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Rajasekhar1961, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rajasekhar1961, CC0, 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.