''Apocynum'' × ''floribundum'', the intermediate dogbane, is a member of the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
. It is widespread across Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.]
Intermediate dogbane is believed to be of hybrid origin because its characteristics are intermediate between '' A. cannabinum'' (dogbane) and '' A. androsaemifolium'' (spreading dogbane).[
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References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Apocynum'' × ''floribundum''
Wisplants.uwsp.edu: ''Apocynum'' × ''floribundum'' (hybrid Intermediate Dogbane)
Apocyneae
Plant nothospecies
Flora of Canada
Flora of the Eastern United States
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Flora of California
Plants described in 1893
Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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