Blooms: June-September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; throughout much of North America.
Habitat: Uncommon in waste ground and lightly-cultivated areas, especially orchards.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; throughout much of North America.
Habitat: Uncommon in waste ground and lightly-cultivated areas, especially orchards.
Species Description:
General: Glabrous, perennial herbs with milky juice, the simple to branched stems 3-10 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, entire, yellowish-green, erect to ascending, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, rounded but with a sharp, slender point, 5-11 cm. long, short-petiolate and acute to rounded or sub-cordate at the base.
Flowers: Inflorescence of both terminal and axillary cymes, the leafy branches of the lateral cymes extending above the terminal cyme; calyx divided nearly to the base, the 5 lobes lanceolate; corolla 2-4 mm. long, whitish to greenish-white, broadly tubular, the 5 lobes nearly erect; there are triangular, awl-shaped appendages alternate with the bases of the 5 stamens in the corolla tube; style very short, enlarged; ovary superior.
Fruits: Follicles 2, elongate, 12-18 cm. long, sickle-shaped.
General: Glabrous, perennial herbs with milky juice, the simple to branched stems 3-10 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, entire, yellowish-green, erect to ascending, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, rounded but with a sharp, slender point, 5-11 cm. long, short-petiolate and acute to rounded or sub-cordate at the base.
Flowers: Inflorescence of both terminal and axillary cymes, the leafy branches of the lateral cymes extending above the terminal cyme; calyx divided nearly to the base, the 5 lobes lanceolate; corolla 2-4 mm. long, whitish to greenish-white, broadly tubular, the 5 lobes nearly erect; there are triangular, awl-shaped appendages alternate with the bases of the 5 stamens in the corolla tube; style very short, enlarged; ovary superior.
Fruits: Follicles 2, elongate, 12-18 cm. long, sickle-shaped.
Accepted Name:
Apocynum cannabinum L.Synonyms:
Apocynum cannabinum L. var. glaberrimum A. DC.
Apocynum cannabinum L. var. suksdorfii (Greene) B+g. & Bel.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Apocynum cannabinum vars. glaberrimum & suksdorfii, Apocynum sibiricum var. salignum
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Apocynum cannabinum specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Apocynum cannabinum specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Apocynum cannabinum treatment.
E-Flora BC: Apocynum cannabinum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Apocynum cannabinum images.
USDA Plants Database: Apocynum cannabinum.
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