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
▲▼ mature flowering plants
▲▼ flowers
▲▼ flowers
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.; Spreading Dogbane: (Bayer Code: APCAN; US Code APAN2)
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
Updated 15 January 2019