[The Dogbane Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium

Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum

Corolla of Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum) - Sideview of the corolla of Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum)

Close-up views of the corolla of flytrap dogbane as seen about one-half mile south of the Little Spokane River near the Spokane Country Club........June 21, 2009. Note the bell-shaped corollas, characteristic of this variety.

Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum) - Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum)

Spreading dogbane (var. androsaemifolium) as seen at left in a 2016 wildfire burn along FS Road 9500-705 about one mile north of Renner Lake, Colville National Forest........June 25, 2016. The photo at right shows spreading dogbane still in bloom but also with lengthening fruits at the base of Three Corner Rock, Yacolt Burn Statel Forest.....August 7, 2021.

Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum) - Leaves and terminal flower cluster of Spreading Dogbane, Bitter Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum)

Flytrap dogbane as seen about one-half mile south of the Little Spokane River near the Spokane Country Club........June 21, 2009.

Paul Slichter