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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-03-003:

Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Apocynum androsaemifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Spreading Dogbane


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image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_051

        

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_apan2_001_lvd

        

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm090709_069

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Nodding, bell-shaped flowers with 5 recurved lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm090709_072

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Milky latex & oppsite leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm090709_077

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Flowers 1/4"-3/8" long, pink with deep rose striping within, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm060813_204

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Clusters of small flowers terminating stem & branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm060813_208

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Inflorescence usually overtopping the leafy branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading Dogbane

JK Marlow    jkm060813_211

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Pods long & narrow, in pairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-03-003:
Apocynum androsaemifolium   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Apocynum androsaemifolium

 

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110

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, prairies, flood-scour, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/White (with deep rose striping within)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx, minute
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Paired follicles

 

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