Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium - Locally common, all summer, perennial, 6-16 in. Erect stem with many branches spreading from ground, Milky sap oozes when stem is cut. Leaves opposite on stems, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, with petioles shorter than blade. Leaf blade widely oval, with rounded tip, somewhat drooping to horizontal, dark green above, lighter below. Flowers in terminal clusters, small, bell-shaped, pink, rose, or white with pink stripes; lobes spreading or curved backward. Grows in rocky places, dry open areas in conifer forests and adjacent shrub-steppe and prairies, at low to subalpine elevations. Native.