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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Spreading Dogbane
El Paso County Wildflower Project - Spreading Dogbane

Spreading Dogbane

Bloom Season: June - September

Habitat: thrives in open forests, meadows, roadsides, and disturbed areas ranging from the foothills to the montane zones, typically favoring well-drained, sandy, or gravelly soils.

Photography Notes: Photographer-friendly

Credits: Hiking Bob, 2 July

Apocynum androsaemifolium, the fly-trap dogbane or spreading dogbane, is a flowering plant in the Gentianales order. It is common across Canada and much of the United States excepting the deep southeast.

Apocynum androsaemifolium is a perennial herb with branching stems, hairs on the underside of the leaves, and no hair on the stems.[3][4][5] It grows to 20–30 centimetres (8–12 inches), exceptionally 50 cm (20 in). Milky sap[6] appears on broken stems.

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Spreading Dogbane (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.