Vincetoxicum fuscatum, (Hornem.) Reichenb.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 72

9. V. fuscatum (Hornem.) Reichenb. fit, Icon. FI. Germ. 17: 17 (1854)

( Cynanchum fuscatum Link ; inch C. urumojfii (Davidov) Hayek, Vincetoxicum intermedium Taliev , Antitoxicum maeoticum (Kleopow) Pobed. , A. minus (C. Koch) Pobed. , A. intermedium (Taliev) Pobed. ).

Stems 20-40 cm, erect, not twining, puberulent. Leaves 3-6- 5 x 1 - 5-4 cm, more or less broadly ovate, acute; veins pubescent and margins cibate. Petioles 3-8 mm. Cymes 5- to 6-flowered; peduncles up to 5 mm. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla 8-10 mm in diameter, brown on both surfaces; lobes oblong, glabrous or with curved hairs on upper surface. Corona-membrane c. | as long as the segments, more or less toothed; lobes sessile. Follicles 4-5 x c. 0-7 cm, fusiform, glabrous. Dry stony places, scrub and steppes. S. E. Europe. Al Bu Gr Ju Rs (W, K, E) Tu.