Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utleria salicifolia
- Genus
- Utleria
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Flowering & fruiting
- June
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow lance/sword-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Utleria salicifolia itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Utleria salicifolia itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Utleria salicifolia
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Utleria salicifolia is a shrub. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from June.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Utleria salicifolia belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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