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Dogbane, Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Orange Co., NC 15 June 2006 Common statewide in NC along roadsides, fields, woodland edges & clearings, etc. | |
Dogbane, Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Orange Co., NC 15 June 2006 Large patches of dogbane often attract many species of butterflies. | |
Dogbane, Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Fruits are paired follicles, forming during summer and maturing in the fall. | |
Dogbane, Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Orange Co., NC 15 June 2006 Old fruits from the previous season. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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