Cynanchum rossicum

Scientific Name: Cynanchum rossicum
Common Name: pale swallow-wort

Paired leaves (longer than wide) and pinkish star-shaped flowers help identify this aggressively invasive, non-native vine.
Photographer: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Paired leaves and 5-petaled pinkish to red or yellow flowers help identify this vining non-native invasive plant. Not to be confused with native Matelea (milkvine) species, whose leaves are more heart-shaped.

See information and photos at https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/cynanchum/rossicum/

See photo by Flickr user Kari Pihlaviita