Apocynum androsaemifolium
Appearance
Spreading dogbane | |
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Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium alongside the first part of the South Loop trail, Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada (elev. about 2400 m) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Apocynum |
Species: | A. androsaemifolium
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Binomial name | |
Apocynum androsaemifolium | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Apocynum androsaemifolium, the fly-trap dogbane or 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,[6] 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
- ^ a b c "Apocynum androsaemifolium". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Apocynum androsaemifolium". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Alan Hall, The Wild Food Guide, Holt, Rinehard, and Winston, 1976, pp. 171, 217
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 590. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
External links
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- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Apocynum androsaemifolium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
- "Apocynum androsaemifolium". Plants for a Future.
- CalFlora Database, University of California: Apocynum androsaemifolium
- Connecticut Plants, Connecticut Botanical Society
Categories:
- Apocyneae
- Poisonous plants
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Subarctic America
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Medicinal plants of North America
- Apocynaceae stubs
- Medicinal plant stubs