Philibertia is a group of 30 species of herbs and climbing perennials with opposite leaves, usually with long petioles and heart-shaped to lanceolate. Shoots range from smooth to pubescent or hairy. Umbels of yellow or purplish flowers arise from leaf nodes.
Philibertia are distributed from Florida and Texas to California in N. America and Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay in S. America. Philibertia has sometimes included under Sarcostemma, particularly the N. American species, although Sarcostemma species have leafless stems.
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