Photos: © Robin Baranowski

Our Mystery Plant this month is a 2 to 3 foot tall bushy perennial with opposite, oval leaves. Numerous small pink nodding flowers emerge from the tip of the stem starting in late July and are mildly fragrant. The bell-like flowers are striped inside with deeper pink. Milky juice exudes from broken stems and leaves.

It is…

Botanical Name: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Common Name: spreading dogbane
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)
Habitat: meadows, field and forest edges

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