Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynaceae
(Dogbane Family)

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Small Bell-shaped Flowers in Clusters
Lobes are reflexed, tips of sepals are red
flower

flower

Opposite Leaves
Stems are reddish
opposite leaves


Ovate-Oblong leaf with yellow margins
leaf
 
 
Flower clusters grow from the  axils of the leaves
axils


Leaves hang downward giving the plant a wilted look
plant

Large Line Drawing of Apocynum androsaemifolium

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913.
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British
Possessions. 3 vols.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 21

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Located at the White Pine Slide Area of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
6 July 2013

Characteristics
Identification Information from  www.swcoloradowildflowers.com
White and pink bell shaped flowers in clusters, perennial,  about 20 inches tall, leaves opposite

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