Matelea carolinensis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyApocynaceae
Family (Traditional)
GenusMatelea
Species:Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woodson
Common NameMaroon Carolina Milkvine
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Pollinium; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Complexity: Multiple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Marginal; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 5
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S1?] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Gonolobus carolinensis Gonolobus carolinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Schult.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Monroe (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Trigg (KY), Bedford (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Pickett (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Trousdale (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1881 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100223906 Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223930 Cumberland Kentucky Jamil A. Sewell
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100712676 Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223922 Cumberland Kentucky Ross C. Clark
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223971 Clay Tennessee 15 Jun 1995 Henry R. DeSelm
48796
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
N/A Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223955 McCreary Kentucky James D. Kiser
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223898 Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223914 Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223880 Barren Kentucky Charles J. Lapham
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
31234100223948 Madison Kentucky Gary W. Libby
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178675 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178676 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178670 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178672 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178671 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178667 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178674 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178668 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178669 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0210241 Davidson Tennessee 28 May 1881 A. Gattinger
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178666 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0178673 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT024035 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT024073 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT024072 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT024046 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gonolobus carolinensis
UCHT024034 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT024033 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0109370 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0111537 Bedford Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0085500 Monroe Kentucky 08 May 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028926 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028924 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0111536 Bedford Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0099641 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028922 Stewart Tennessee 05 Aug 1965 William H. Ellis
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028923 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0054298 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028927 Clay Tennessee 21 May 2008 Aaron Floden
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0028928 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0078828 Cumberland Kentucky 14 Jun 1972
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0091700 Clinton Kentucky 30 May 1995 Landon McKinney
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0058817 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
APSC0049023 Marshall Tennessee
APSC
Matelea carolinensis
N/A Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU008477 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU001474 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Gonolobus carolinensis
HTTU001479 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU024676 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU034120 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU008478 Pickett Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU026998 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU034119 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU008479 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243718 Trousdale Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243716 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243715 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243724 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243739 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243722 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243719 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243736 Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243726 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243729 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243727 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243731 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243735 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243725 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243738 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243730 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243733 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243732 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243737 Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243717 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243741 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243723 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243721 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243720 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243740 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243734 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
TENN-V-0243728 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT036528 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT036230 Clay Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UCHT036527 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Matelea carolinensis
UOS00491 Franklin Tennessee 23 May 1962 Marvin Singleton
UOS
Matelea carolinensis
UOS00490 Franklin Tennessee 27 Jun 2005 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Matelea carolinensis
UOS00489 Franklin Tennessee 20 Aug 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Matelea carolinensis
UOS00488 Franklin Tennessee 03 Oct 2006 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Matelea carolinensis
UOS00487 Franklin Tennessee 23 Jun 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71798 Franklin Tennessee 24 May 1978 Paul Somers
1153
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71786 Rutherford Tennessee 24 May 1984 Landon E. McKinney
01281
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71792 Maury Tennessee 21 May 1990 Mark H. Mayfield
443
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71795 Hardin Tennessee 05 Aug 1969 R. Kral
36187
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71790 Maury Tennessee 01 Jun 1966 R. Kral
26679
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71796 Grundy Tennessee 25 May 1974 R. Kral
52904
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71784 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Jul 1962 L. E. Franklin
138
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71831 Perry Tennessee 06 Jun 1989 Milo Guthrie
2276
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71756 DeKalb Tennessee 26 May 1979 Milo Guthrie
109
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71751 Davidson Tennessee 02 Jun 1966 J. Baskin
222
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71797 Grundy Tennessee 31 May 1982 R. Kral
68631
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71791 Maury Tennessee 16 Jun 1983 R. Kral
70157
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71799 Franklin Tennessee 13 Jun 1985 R. K. Clements
246
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71793 Marshall Tennessee 01 Jul 1983 R. Kral
70280
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71782 Sumner Tennessee 14 Jun 1975 J. Alcorn
550
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71785 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Jun 1984 Landon E. McKinney
01310
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71778 Williamson Tennessee 06 Jun 1988 Lisa Kelly
1836
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71781 Wilson Tennessee L. R. Campbell
s.n.
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71794 Lawrence Tennessee 06 Jun 1976 R. Kral
58176
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71783 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Jun 1962 L. E. Franklin
24
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71753 Davidson Tennessee 02 Jun 1966 J. Baskin
222
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71747 Clay Tennessee 13 May 1991 V. E. McNeilus
91-329
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71779 Williamson Tennessee 26 May 1988 Lisa Kelly
1760
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71754 DeKalb Tennessee 07 Jun 1985 Milo Guthrie
540
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71750 Davidson Tennessee 17 Jun 1968 R. Kral
31491
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71749 Davidson Tennessee 22 May 1980 R. Kral
65193
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71780 Williamson Tennessee 21 May 1987 Lisa Kelly
410
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71755 DeKalb Tennessee 07 Jun 1985 Milo Guthrie
539
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71757 Franklin Tennessee 24 May 1980 Dennis Horn
550
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71832 Wilson Tennessee
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71752 Davidson Tennessee 24 May 2004 Dwayne Estes
06063
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71787 Overton Tennessee 19 Jun 1997 V. E. McNeilus
97-443
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71746 Bedford Tennessee 03 Jun 1993 R. Kral
82604
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71788 Rutherford Tennessee 15 May 1968 R. Kral
31006
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71789 Maury Tennessee 01 Jun 1966 R. Kral
26679
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BRIT71748 Davidson Tennessee 22 May 1980 R. Kral
65193
VDB
Matelea carolinensis
BEREA025075 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Matelea carolinensis
N/A Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Matelea carolinensis
HTTU001484 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Matelea carolinensis
MEM005873 Marshall Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Matelea carolinensis
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Matelea carolinensis - Ashley B. Morris
Matelea carolinensis - Ashley B. Morris
Matelea carolinensis - Ashley B. Morris
Matelea carolinensis - Ashley B. Morris
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Joey Shaw
Matelea carolinensis - Sunny Fleming
Matelea carolinensis - Sunny Fleming