Date: June 29, 2011. Location: Rochester Cemetery (map)
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | Asteridae |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Apocynum |
| Species | Apocynum androsaemifolium |
Date: June 29, 2011. Location: Rochester Cemetery (map)
Scientific Name: Apocynum androsaemifolium ([GR] Apo=away from, cyon=dog; androsaemifolium=with leaves like Androsaemum)
Common Name: Spreading dogbane
Origin: Native
Notes: This plant has evolved protection from herbivores with an unsavory taste and several toxins: a resin, apocynin (1, 2, 3) and two glycosides (cymarin and apocynein).
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Flowers: June; corolla white often with pink markings, campanulate lobes flaired or recurved; inflorescence, cymes both terminal and axil flowering at the same time; fruit, slender tapering follicles.
Leaves: opposite; simple ovate-oblong, mucronate tiped and slender petioled, loosely spreading or drooping.
Stems: green or red to dark purple, secrete a white sap when cut or broken.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
