Funastrum crispum

Wavyleaf twinevine

Family: Apocynaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Wavyleaf twinevine is a rare (CNPS 2B.2) California native perennial found in the Pinyon Flat and Santa Rosa Mountains in open, dry, stony ground at elevations of 1,200 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces green-purple flowers with spreading to erect lobes, approximately 8 to 12 millimeters long. Growing with gray-green stems that are generally white-puberulent, it forms a distinctive climbing vine. Its leaves are uniquely wavy-margined, narrow to wide-lanceolate, 20 to 90 millimeters long, with bases that can be hastate, cordate, or truncate. The plant produces elongated fruits up to 12.5 centimeters long, typically solitary and hanging from the vine.

Habitat: Uncommon. Open, dry, stony or rocky ground

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: +- 1200[2200] m.

Bioregions: PR (Pinyon Flat, Santa Rosa Mtns)

California counties: Riverside

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.