Funastrum Species, Wavy-Leaf Milkweed Vine, Wavyleaf Twinevine

Lovely, slow growing native with unusual foliage and interesting blooms. Growing naturally along several locations on my stone walls. I d...Read Moreon't do anything to it. Very drought tolerant, heat tolerant, no deer predation. Freezes back in a hard winter.

Doesn't seem to be a fast grower. I don't see any signs of it taking over up here on the Edwards Plateau.

A book about nat...Read Moreive plants, by A&M, states that milkweed butterflies will use it as a host plant for their larvae. I haven't seen evidence of that yet. I have found lots of eggs and larvae on Asclepias asperula (Spider milkweed), but none on this plant.