Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Apocynaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Location

Bald Hill and Caroline Pinnacles, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve, Fall Creek Gorge, Ringwood Ponds, Steep Hollow Creek

Description

Perennial with forking branches reaching 2' in height; leaves opposite, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 1" to 4"long, drooping or spreading, pubescent to glabrous beneath, mostly petioled; corolla pink, mostlycampanulate, to 3/8" long and broad, 2 to 3 times as long as calyx lobes; follicles to 6" long, straight,erect to pendulous at maturity.

Source of plant

Jardin Botanique de Montreal

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Status

L4 | S5 | G5