Lovely little plant that grows in poor gravelly soils along roadways in Western Oregon. Often in part shade of oaks or D. firs, but also ...Read Morecan take full sun. Good pollinator plant for large insects: bumblebees and butterflies. In milkweed family, with toxic sap.
This might not be a bad plant for the wild meadow, but it's too aggressive for the border, and its running root is too deep to dig out....Read Morer />
Native to 44 states and all provinces.
This species has been known to trap a small syrphid fly too weak to pollinate it, but most insects do just fine: [HYPERLINK@kb.osu.edu] The syrphid fly gets stuck by means of the sticky nectar.
The species that was once used to make cordage is A. cannabinum.
Wikipedia says: "Its name is from the Greek: apo, away and cyno, dog, attributed to its toxicity." The milky sap contains toxic cardiac glycosides, and can also give some people a skin rash on contact.
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The flowers of the plant can be deadly for insects when touched, scales in the throats of the flowers spring inwards, trapping the intrud...Read Moreer.
The name "dogbane" derives from the root's reputed value as a remedy for the bites of mad dogs.
Lovely little plant that grows in poor gravelly soils along roadways in Western Oregon. Often in part shade of oaks or D. firs, but also ...Read More
This might not be a bad plant for the wild meadow, but it's too aggressive for the border, and its running root is too deep to dig out....Read More
A native plant highly valued for making cordage.
The common name "dogbane" is more likely derived from its reputed toxicity to dogs, as "bane" means "cause of harm".
Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium is native to Texas and other States.
The flowers of the plant can be deadly for insects when touched, scales in the throats of the flowers spring inwards, trapping the intrud...Read More