Fringed twinevine

Description

Funastrum cynanchoides (formerly called Sarcostemma cynanchoides), fringed twinevine, twining milkweed or climbing milkweed, is a perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae that grows twining through other plants in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. It has milky sap and smells pungent. It is similar to Funastrum hirtellum. It grows at the edge of desert dry washes below 2,000' in the eastern Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. It is a twining vine-like plant that grows over other shrubs. In urban areas the vine freely climbs on plants, trees, as well as having a preference for chain link fencing in neglected areas.