Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Flowers - Advanced/29/en
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Dogbane
 Dogbane
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Binomial Name: Apocynum cannabinum
Description: The stems are reddish and contain a milky latex capable of causing skin blisters. The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate, 7-15 cm long and 3-5 cm broad, entire, and smooth on top with white hairs on the underside. The flowers are produced in mid summer, with large sepals, and a five-lobed white corolla.
Where found: Dogbane grows throughout much of North America, in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It grows in open wooded areas, ditches, and hillsides.
WARNING: All parts of the plant are poisonous and can cause cardiac arrest if ingested.
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