Apocynum androsaemifolium

Common Name: 
spreading dogbane
Scientific Name: 
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
Family Name: 
Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes
Stems
upright, freely branched above, milky sap, smooth or slightly pubescent, round, often dark red or purple
Stems of Spreading Dogbane
Stems of Spreading Dogbane
Leaves
opposite, entire, petioles short, egg-shaped to oblong, upperside smooth and dark green, underneath smooth to pubescent and lighter colored
Leaves of Spreading Dogbane
Leaves of Spreading Dogbane
Leaves of Spreading Dogbane
Flowers
5-petaled, small, whitish to pink sometimes with pink stripes, tubular to bell-shaped, clustered terminal and axillary above, sweet-smelling
Flowers of Spreading Dogbane
Flowers of Spreading Dogbane
Flowers of Spreading Dogbane
Flowers of Spreading Dogbane
Fruit
pod, cylindrical, narrow, long, seed cottony