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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Apocynum androsaemifolium
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Spreading Dogbane
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
110
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common
Look for it in forests, woodlands, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/White
(with deep rose striping within)
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx, minute
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
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 p250
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p126
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p067
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p151
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p200
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p188
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p224
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p125