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apocyn à feuilles d'androsème, bitter dogbane, fly-trap dogbane, spreading dogbane

Habit Herbs 2–10 dm.
Stems

glabrous or eglandular-pubescent.

Leaves

drooping or spreading;

petiole 3–5 mm, glabrous or pubescent;

blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, (1–)3–6(–9) × (1–)1.5–3(–5) cm, mostly less than 2 times as long as wide, membranous, base rounded to cuneate, margins weakly to strongly revolute, apex acute to rounded, usually apiculate, surfaces glabrous or densely eglandular-pubescent abaxially, glabrous or sparsely eglandular-pubescent adaxially.

Inflorescences

usually exceeding foliage;

peduncle 1–5 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

Pedicels

1.5–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

Flowers

calyx lobes broadly to narrowly triangular-ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–1 mm, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs;

corolla pink or white with pink veins, glabrous abaxially and adaxially, tube 4–5 × 3–4 mm, at least 3 times as long as calyx lobes, lobes spreading or recurved, triangular-ovate, 1.5–3 × 0.7–1.2 mm.

Seeds

1.5–2 × 0.3–0.5 mm.

Follicles

60–150 × 2–3 mm.

2n

= 16, 22.

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Phenology Flowering spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat Hardwood and coniferous forests and woodlands, clearings, mountain canyons, river terraces, old fields, pastures, roadsides.
Elevation 10–3000 m. (0–9800 ft.)
Distribution
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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; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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Discussion

R. E. Woodson Jr. (1930) recognized three varieties of Apocynum androsaemifolium based primarily on minor differences in corolla morphology and leaf pubescence; these varieties are not recognized here.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Apocynaceae > Apocynum
Sibling taxa
A. cannabinum, A. ×floribundum
Synonyms A. androsaemifolium var. incanum, A. androsaemifolium var. intermedium
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 213. (1753) — (as fol. androsaemi)
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