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Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Found in forests, woodlands, prairies, flood-scour, roadsides, pastures. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
2–3 feet
Spread
3–4 feet
Light
Dappled sunlight, Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Dry to average

Space about 3.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 8 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
June to August
Fruiting season
September to October

Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

1 of 2

Forests and woodlands

Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain.
Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
Limestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.
Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Apocynum

  • Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger, Burglar Dagger
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
  • Cycnia teneraDelicate Cycnia, Dogbane Tiger Moth
  • Ostrinia penitalisAmerican Lotus Borer, Lily Moth
  • Papaipema baptisiaeWild Indigo Borer, Indigo Stem Borer
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Pygarctia abdominalisYellow-Edged Pygarctia
  • Saucrobotys futilalisDogbane Saucrobotys
  • Spargaloma sexpunctataSix-Spotted Gray
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
18BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Apocynum

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Flies 3
  • Graphomyia americana
  • Lucilia sylvarum
  • Trichophora ruficauda

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 1
  • Sphex vulgaris

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Adult butterflies / moths · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Apocynaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–9b
Flower color
Pink or white
Fruit begins
September
Fruit ends
October

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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