Apocynum androsaemifolium

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Read about Apocynum androsaemifolium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Apocynum androsaemifolium, Linn. Spreading Dog-bane. Three ft. or less high, usually glabrous, the branches spreading: lobes of corolla revolute and tube of corolla longer than the calyx: Lvs. oval or ovate, mucronate, short-petioled: cymes loose, axillary and terminal; fls. bell-like, white or pink. N. N. Amer.; common. B.M. 280.—Sold by dealers in native plants. Useful for the hardy border as it will stand dry open places. Root used in medicine; sometimes gathered by drug-collectors for A. cannabinum, but as its action is different, it should not be substituted.


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Spreading Dogbane
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Apocynum
Species: A. androsaemifolium

Binomial name
Apocynum androsaemifolium
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Synonyms
Apocynum ambigens

Apocynum pumilum
Apocynum scopulorum

Spreading dogbane (Fly-trap dogbane; Apocynum androsaemifolium) is a flowering plant. Milky sap appears on broken stems. Leaf margin is entire and leaf veination is alternate. Its leaves appear as pointed ovals, while its flowers appear terminally on a stalk.

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