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Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE* 
 Pergularia viridiflora
 

Photo by J. Saines, Sydney.

   
Author:  Curtius Polycarp Joachim Sprengel 1824
Family:  Asclepiadaceae*
Habitat:  Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territories.
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  10 Centimetres
Height:  7 Metres
Flower:  Greenish Yellow
Reproduction:  Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:  -
Synonyms:  Marsdenia viridiflora R.Br 1811. Leichhardtia viridiflora? Asclepias viridiflora E. Mey.?
   This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Curtius Polycarp Joachim Sprengel  in 1824. It is found in most of Australia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The tubers can grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the vines can reach seven metres. The flowers are greenish to yellow, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

*This family might been incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.