Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium L. - Dogbane family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Monarch); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Spreading Dogbane: Acronicta noctivaga, Amphipyra tragopoginis, Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, Cryptocala acadiensis, Cycnia tenera, Danaus plexippus, Hemaris diffinis, Papaipema circumlucens, Phragmatobia assimilans, Phragmatobia lineata, Platarctia parthenos, Pyrrhia exprimens, Saucrobotys futilalis, Spargaloma sexpunctata, Trichordestra legitima, Trichordestra tacoma
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
- MEX: Mexico Northeast
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.