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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apocynum androsaemifolium
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spreading Dogbane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_051
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_apan2_001_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p155
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p250
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p126
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p067
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p200
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p040
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p188
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p224
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p125
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