Apocynum androsaemifolium
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Spreading Dogbane | ||||||||||||||
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Apocynum androsaemifolium L. |
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Apocynum ambigens |
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.
[edit] 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.