Apocynaceae
Silkvine
Periploca graeca
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Periploca
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Common names
By language (18)
- ab
- Абтәыҩа
- Arabic
- عطفة, شجرة الحرير
- Armenian
- Շրջահյուս հունական
- azb
- یونان گویمهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Yunan güyəməsi
- Bulgarian
- Гърбач
- Chinese
- 欧杠柳, 丝藤
- Danish
- Græsk Træranke
- English
- Silkvine
- Georgian
- Ღვედკეცი
- German
- Griechische Baumschlinge
- Hebrew
- חלביב יווני, חַלְבִּיב יְוָנִי
- Hungarian
- Görögtekercs
- Macedonian
- Псомор, Луштрика
- mzn
- اسلما
- Persian
- پریپلکا گراکا
- Russian
- Обвойник греческий
- Turkish
- Yunan İpekotu
Synonyms
- Asclepias dioscoridis Fraas
- Periploca laeta Salisb.
- Periploca maculata Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.