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Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
spreading dogbane

       
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Synonyms:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

  APAM2 Apocynum ambigens Greene
  APANP Apocynum androsaemifolium L. ssp. pumilum (A. Gray) B. Boivin
  APANG2 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. glabrum Macoun
  APANG4 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. griseum (Greene) Bég. & Beloserky
  APANI3 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. incanum A. DC.
  APANI2 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. intermedium Woodson
  APANP3 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. pumilum A. Gray
  APANT2 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. tomentellum (Greene) B. Boivin
  APANW2 Apocynum androsaemifolium L. var. woodsonii B. Boivin
  APPU Apocynum pumilum (A. Gray) Greene
  APPUR Apocynum pumilum (A. Gray) Greene var. rhomboideum (Greene) Bég. & Beloserky
  APSC Apocynum scopulorum Greene ex Rydb.
 

Distribution:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

View 40 genera in Apocynaceae, 3 species in Apocynum
 

Classification:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae – Dogbane family
Genus Apocynum L. – dogbane
Species Apocynum androsaemifolium L. – spreading dogbane
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

bitterroot
flytrap dogbane
spreading dogbane

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30156.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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