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Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Perennial Forbs Around Las Vegas, Vegetation Around Las Vegas
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

General: Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) is a large perennial forb that looks more like a mounded shrub. The stems become red, and the leaves are opposite and about 3 inches long. Flowers are produced in clusters at the end of the stems. The flowers are white, bell shaped, and with reddish streaks inside.

Spreading Dogbane is an uncommon component of mountain vegetation communities in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland), and Transition (Yellow Pine Forest), life zones. Around Las Vegas, look for this species up in the mountains, such as on Mt. Charleston in the Spring Mountains and in the Sheep Range in the Desert National Wildlife Range.

Family: Dogbane (Apocynaceae).

Other Names: bitterroot, flytrap dogbane.

Plant Form: Bushy perennial forb.

Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Height: To a couple of feet high.

Stems: Ascending to erect, diffusely branched, reddish.

Leaves: Blade to about 3 inches, veins prominent; petiole short.

Flowers: Blooms during spring and early summer. Inflorescence: cyme with many flowers. Flowers bell-shaped to about 1/3 inch.

Seeds:

Habitat: Mountains; open woodlands, rocky hillsides.

Elevation: About 600 to 8,000 feet.

Distribution: Throughout the US and Canada.

Comments:

Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane on a mountain hillside
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane grows like a mounded shrub
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Leaves opposite; stems red on top
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Leaves opposite; stems green below
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Leaf dorsal surface
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Leave ventral surface
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane flowers at stem tips
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane flowers at stem tips
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Inflorescence is a many flowered cyme
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Flowers are bell shaped with reddish streaks
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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