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METAPLEXIS JAPONICA HC 970462
METAPLEXIS JAPONICA HC 970462
A climbing asclepiad with grey-green heart-shaped felted leaves, clusters of pretty pink flowers (scented?) and silky seeds, 2.5m. Hardy to Z6. Seed collected in Mogodan, Korea. Sounds like a Greek found far from home in a drugged state.
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