Scientific Name
Apocynum cannabinum
Common Name
Indian hemp
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 4 feet
Flower/fruit:
Open cluster of minute, urn-shaped, greenish white flowers
Flowering Season:
Late spring into summer
Foliage:
1 to 3-inch ovate or elliptical leaves; erect main stem and greenish side branches
Site:
Roadsides, dry woodland margins, recent clearings, open thickets, shores
Comments:
Poisonous
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