Apocynum androsaemifolium

Spreading Dogbane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Apocynum
Species:	A. androsaemifolium
Binomial name
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
Synonyms
Apocynum ambigens Apocynum pumilum Apocynum scopulorum

Apocynum androsaemifolium (Fly-trap dogbane, Spreading dogbane) 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.

The plant is poisonous, and should not be confused with milkweed, which is edible. Compared to milkweed, dogbane has branching stems, hairs on the underside of the leaves, and no hair on the stems.^[1]

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. 

1. ^ Alan Hall, The Wild Food Guide, , Holt, Rinehard, and Winston, 1976, pp. 171, 217

External links

• http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/apocynumandr.html

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