Apocynum androsaemifolium
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Apocynum androsaemifolium (Fly-trap dogbane, Spreading dogbane) is a flowering plant in the Gentianales order.
The plant is common in North America, and is widespread across most of the United States and Canada, and in Alaska, California, and Northeast Mexico.[1][2]
Description
Apocynum androsaemifolium has branching stems, hairs on the underside of the leaves, and no hair on the stems.[3][4][5] Milky sap appears on broken stems.
Leaf margin is entire and leaf venation is alternate. Its leaves appear as pointed ovals, while its flowers appear terminally on a stalk.
The plant is poisonous, due to the cardiac glycosides it contains.
Subspecies and varieties
Subspecies and varieties include: [1]
- Apocynum androsaemifolium subsp. androsaemifolium - E Canada, W United States
- Apocynum androsaemifolium var. griseum (Greene) Bég. & Belosersky - Ontario, British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan
- Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum A.DC. - widespread in Canada, United States, NE Mexico
- Apocynum androsaemifolium var. intermedium Woodson - Colorado
- Apocynum androsaemifolium subsp. pumilum (A.Gray) B.Boivin - British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, California, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada
- Apocynum androsaemifolium var. tomentellum (Greene) B.Boivin - British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada
- Apocynum androsaemifolium var. woodsonii B.Boivin - Alberta, British Columbia, Washington State, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ↑ Alan Hall, The Wild Food Guide, Holt, Rinehard, and Winston, 1976, pp. 171, 217
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- USDA Plants Profile for Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)
- Plants for a Future: Apocynum androsaemifolium
- CalFlora Database, University of California: Apocynum androsaemifolium
- Connecticut Botanical Society
- Minnesota Wildflowers
- Montana Plant Life
- Plants of Wisconsin
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