On our way back to the car after our hike at Rock Knob, I spotted a Graythorn loaded with fruit and because I never let a photo op go by, I stopped. (I could hear a heavy sign up ahead…probably saying “what now” 🙂 As I was getting ready to document the fruit, I spot a tiny vine with black flowers! Holy Cow! I’m incredibly lucky to know a botanist extraordinaire named Steve Jones and thanks to Steve, we now all know that this is a milkweed vine called Matelea parvifolia. I also found out that the flowers on this vine are typically green with a tinge of dark purple so seeing flowers this dark was special.