Ceropegia linearis

Ceropegia linearis, also known as string-of-needles,^{[citation needed]} is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southern Africa.^[2]

Ceropegia linearis
Montreal Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Ceropegia
Species:	C. linearis
Binomial name
Ceropegia linearis E.Mey.
Synonyms[1]
Ceropegia caffrorum Schltr. Ceropegia debilis N.E.Br.

The popular houseplant Ceropegia woodii is sometimes treated as a subspecies of C. linearis, as C. linearis subsp. woodii.^[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]