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Plant Profile

Carolina Milkvine (Matelea flavidula)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Apocynaceae
State: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN
Nature Serve ID: 128378
Lifeform: Vine, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Carolina Milkvine (Matelea flavidula) located in the wild?

Habitat:

bluffs

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Carolina Milkvine can be found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Which CPC Partners conserve Carolina Milkvine (Matelea flavidula)?

Bok Tower Gardens

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

The Jones Center at Ichauway

Not Sponsored

Assigned 04/22/24

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Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

05/11/2023

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Bok Tower Gardens holds 1 accessions of Matelea flavidula totalling approximately 20 seeds.

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Restricted to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Apparently rare throughout its range. More information on its status in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Mississippi is needed, recent records from those states are lacking.