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Apocynum androsaemifolium



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

References

  • Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 
  • Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 
 
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