226 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. SPREADING DOGBANE: Fly-trap Dog- 

 bane: Bitter-root: Honey-bloom: Indian Hemp. 



Apocynum androsaemifblium. 

 Dogbane Family. June — Aug. 



Found in open woods, roadsides. Northern 

 Canada to Georgia, west to Nebraska. 

 Flowers — Pink tinted, veined inside with deeper 

 pink, bell-shaped with 5 spreading 

 lobes, in loose clusters on the tips of the 

 branches. 

 Leaves — Opposite, toothless, short-stemmed. 

 Plant stem branching, shrubby, 1-4 

 feet high. 



2. TWIN-FLOWER: Ground Vine. 



Linnaea borealis. 

 Honeysuckle Family. June — Aug. 



A trailing vine, stems 6-20 inches long, found 

 in moist, mossy woods. Labrador to New 

 Jersey and mountains of Maryland, west to 

 Minnesota; also far west. 

 Flowers — Whitish, tinged and striped with crim- 

 son-pink, fragrant, slender bell-shaped, 

 5-lobed, borne in pairs, on stalk 3-4 

 inches high. 

 Leaves — Opposite, rounded, scallop-toothed, 

 evergreen. 



