Chthamalia pubiflora

{{Short description|Species of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Chthamalia |species = pubiflora | status = G3 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name="ns" /> |authority = Decne. |synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO_95865-1" /> |synonyms = *''Edisonia pubiflora'' {{small|(Decne.) Small}} *''Gonolobus prostratus'' {{small|Baldwin}} *''Gonolobus pubiflorus'' {{small|(Decne.) Engelm. & A.Gray}} *''Matelea pubiflora'' {{small|(Decne.) Woodson}} *''Vincetoxicum pubiflorum'' {{small|(Decne.) A.Heller}} }}

'''''Chthamalia pubiflora''''' (syn. ''Matelea pubiflora''), the '''trailing milkvine''' or '''sandhill spiny pod''', is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family, native to southeastern Georgia and peninsular Florida.<ref name="POWO_95865-1" >{{cite POWO |id=95865-1 |title=''Chthamalia pubiflora'' Decne. |access-date=24 May 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://saveplants.org/plant-profile/?CPCNum=44856 |title=Trailing Milkvine |publisher=Center For Plant Conservation }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=2315 |title=''Matelea pubiflora'' - Species Details |website=Atlas of Florida Plants}}</ref> It is in the Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) subfamily. A perennial vine, it has reddish-brown or light green flowers. The petals have long white hairs on them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MAPU3 |title=''Matelea pubiflora'' |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |website=www.wildflower.org |quote=Sandhill Shinypod, Trailing Shinypod, Trailing Milkvine }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist | <ref name="ns">{{cite web |title=''Matelea pubiflora'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141276/Matelea_pubiflora |website=NatureServe Explorer |access-date=6 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Asclepiadoideae Category:Flora of Florida Category:Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Plants described in 1844