Flytrap Dogbane, Spreading Dogbane, Bitter-root Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (Synonyms: Apocynum ambigens, Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. pumilum, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium, Apocynum androsaemifolium var. pumilum)

These 3 photos show flytrap dogbane(var. pumilum) as seen at about 4100' on a rocky bald directly east of the rock quarry atop the ridge that divides the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 31, 2005. Note the tubular corolla and broad sepals. The pinkish flowers measure at least 5 mm long and are typically at least twice as long as the sepals. The leaves of this species typically are spreading or drooping as shown here........July 31, 2005.

The photo at left shows flytrap dogbane as seen along the Glenwood-Trout Lake Highway on the south side of Mt. Adams........June 19, 2005. Note the inflorescence which is both axillary and terminal. The photo at right shows flytrap dogbane in bloom along Trout Creek Road in the Klickitat River Canyon, June 9, 2023.

The photo above shows the long seed pods of spreading dogbane. At this stage, the venation in the pods still contain the white, sticky sap of this family, a drop of which can be seen oozing from a small nick in the pod at right. Photographed along Fisher Hill Road about 5 miles south of Conboy Lake NWR..........September 22, 2007.