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APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM 
SPREADING DOGBANE 


12 INCHES 
OR 
MORE 

PREADING DOGBANE (Apocynum androsaemifolium)—This native 
perennial weed is quite common in dry or sandy soils. It has a deep 
| horizontal stem which lives over winter, spreads laterally and gives rise to 
new upright stems. It sometimes grows thickly together to the height of 3 
to 4 feet, but usually does not take complete possession of the space. When 
broken or cut off all parts exude a thick white sap. The flowers are small, 
pinkish and somewhat bell shaped. The pods are about 4 inches long and 
slender, usually two from each flower. These split lengthwise like milkweed 
pods and the small seeds with attached down are liberated to be spread by 
Its bast fiber has possibilities of 
producing cordage, especially if the plant could be produced in sufficient 
the wind. Livestock do not care to eat it. 
quantities and grew thickly enough to prevent much branching. It is dif- 
ficult to eradicate by other than frequent cultivation throughout one growing 
season. In intertilled crops some hand work would be necessary, until 
freezing time. None of the ordinary crops can successfully crowd it out with- 
out some extra labor. 
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