About Funastrum utahense (Engelm.) Liede & Meve
Funastrum utahense, previously known by the synonym Cynanchum utahense, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Funastrum within the family Apocynaceae. Its common names are Utah swallow-wort and Utah vine milkweed. This is a relatively uncommon perennial vine, native to the Mojave Desert, where it grows across California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona in the United States. It is a small vine with a heavily branched, twining stem that rarely grows longer than one meter; it uses this stem to climb and support itself on other shrubs and trees. It produces small, narrow leaves that are a few centimeters in length. Its flowers, which range from bright yellow to orange in color, grow in umbels. The fruit it produces is a grooved follicle that measures several centimeters long.
