Apocynum androsaemifolium
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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.
Read about Apocynum androsaemifolium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.—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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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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