Apocynum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Width:	⇔	4 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	China
Poisonous:	☠	yes, see text
Bloom:	❀	late spring, early summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Water:	◍	wet, moist
Features:	✓	deciduous
Minimum Temp:	☃	5°F258.15 K <br />-15 °C <br />464.67 °R <br />
USDA Zones:		5 to 6

Scientific Names

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Apocynum is a genus with about seven species, commonly known as Dogbane and Indian Hemp. The genus occurs throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, except for being absent from western Europe.

Apocynum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Mouse Moth.

Read about Apocynum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Apocynum (Greek for dog-bane). Apocynàceae. Dog-bane. Indian Hemp. Native herbs, sometimes planted in borders. Flowers small, the calyx with acute teeth; corolla bell-shaped, with 5 appendages inside; stamens 5, inserted deep in the corolla, the filaments very short; style 0: seeds silky.—Tough perennial herbs, with milky juice, chiefly of north temperate zone, with oblong or ovate, opposite Lvs., milkweed-like fls. in small cymes, and slender follicles or pods. About 25 species, 10 native to N. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

Selected species

• Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane)
• Apocynum cannabinum (Dogbane or Indian Hemp; North America)
• Apocynum hendersonii (Northern Asia)
• Apocynum pictum (Chinese Dogbane; Eastern Asia)
• Apocynum sibiricum (Siberian Dogbane; Northern Asia)
• Apocynum venetum (European Dogbane; Eastern Europe, Asia)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

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