Common Name: spreading dogbaneScientific Name: Apocynum androsaemifolium L.Family Name: Apocynaceae - Dogbane FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemsupright, freely branched above, milky sap, smooth or slightly pubescent, round, often dark red or purple Leavesopposite, entire, petioles short, egg-shaped to oblong, upperside smooth and dark green, underneath smooth to pubescent and lighter colored Flowers5-petaled, small, whitish to pink sometimes with pink stripes, tubular to bell-shaped, clustered terminal and axillary above, sweet-smelling Fruitpod, cylindrical, narrow, long, seed cottony