[Climbing Milkweeds: The Genus Funastrum in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Hairy Milkweed, Trailing Townula

Funastrum hirtellum

Synonyms: Philibertia hirtella; Philibertia linearis var. hirtella; Sarcostemma hirtellum

Hairy Milkweed, Trailing Townula: Funastrum hirtellum (Synonyms: Philibertia hirtella; Philibertia linearis var. hirtella; Sarcostemma hirtellum) - Hairy Milkweed, Trailing Townula: Funastrum hirtellum (Synonyms: Philibertia hirtella; Philibertia linearis var. hirtella; Sarcostemma hirtellum)

Hairy milkweed spotted vining up shrubs in the desert wash at Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 26, 2006. The whitish ring of tissue at base is fused to the filament collumn appendages.
Paul Slichter