A white Rhabdadenia biflora flower with a yellow center

Rhabdadenia biflora


This plant is a woody climbing vine in the Apocynaceae family, native from southern Florida through tropical America. It grows along the edges of mangrove swamps and in other wet forests. Slender branches bear opposite, oval to oblong leaves with smooth edges. White, funnel-shaped flowers have five spreading lobes and develop in small clusters. Paired, elongated seed pods release seeds with tufts of hair. Photographed in Sucre, Colombia.

A white Rhabdadenia biflora flower with a yellow center in sunlight
A side-facing Rhabdadenia biflora flower has white lobes and a long yellowish tube
Broad white lobes surround the yellow throat of a Rhabdadenia biflora flower

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