Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)

▲ young plant emerging from creeping roots

▲▼ mature flowering plants, about 2-3 feet tall and 2+ feet wide

▲▼ flowers

·         Spreading Dogbane: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor Weeds of the Northeast)

o   also a creeping perennial spread by rhizomes

o   has similar leaves to hemp dogbane, but stems are more wide spreading, and leaves are attached more horizontally or drooping from stems

o   flower larger, bell-shaped, pinkish-white at tips of branches; fruit is pair of slender, long pods

o   more common in northern Midwest in pastures, some in reduced tillage areas

o   also toxic to livestock