• Scientific Name: Cynanchum rostellatum (Turcz.) Liede & Khanum
• Ref: Taxon 65:480. 2016
• Synonym: Metaplexis chinensis (Bunge) Decne., M. japonica (Thunb.) Makino, M. stauntonii Schultes, Pergularia japonica Thunb., Urostelma chinensis Bunge
• Chinese Common Name: 萝藦 luómó, 芄兰 wánlán, 斫合子 zhuóhézǐ
• Japanese Common Name: ガガイモ [羅摩/芄蘭/鏡芋/輝美芋] gagaimo
• Family: Apocynaceae
• Genus: Cynanchum
• Distribution: Thickets, forest edges, stream banks. Throughout China except for Hainan and Xinjiang [Japan, Korea, adjacent Russia]
• Photo: 07/16/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Lianas to 8 m. Young stems densely pubescent, glabrescent. Petiole 3-6 cm; leaf blade deep green adaxially, glaucous abaxially, ovate-cordate, basal lobes rounded, re-curved and sometimes overlapping, sinus 1-2 cm deep and often very narrow, glabrous or puberulent when young; lateral veins 10-12 pairs. Inflorescences usually 13-20-flowered; peduncle 6-12 cm; bracteoles membranous, lan-ceolate, ca. 3 mm. Pedicel ca. 8 mm, puberulent. Flower buds conical, apex acute. Sepals lanceolate, 5-7 × ca. 2 mm, pu-berulent. Corolla white, sometimes with purplish stripes; tube short; lobes lanceolate, slightly longer than sepals, spreading, reflexed at apex, conspicuously pilose inside. Stigma head conspicuously exserted, long and slender with 2-fid apex. Follicles fusiform, 8-9 × ca. 2 cm, smooth, gla-brous. Seeds ca. 5 × 3 mm, flat, margin membranous; coma silky white, ca. 1.5 cm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep-Dec. 2n = 22, 24*. (Flora of China)

07/16/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin