NameThatPlant.net: Apocynum androsaemifolium

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

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

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

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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

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