Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Hosts 1 caterpillarPollinator plant
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Growing it
| When | Flowers June to August; fruits August to September |
|---|---|
| Type | wildflower |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Low |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7.5 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–8 |
| Mature height | 0.6 m |
| Mature spread | 0.75 m |
| Spacing | 0.5 m |
| Years to maturity | 2 |
| Bloom | Jun–Aug |
| Flower colour | Pink read from a published flora |
| In bloom | June July August |
| Fruit | Aug–Sep |
| Native to | AB, SK |
egg-shaped leaves about 8 cm long in opposite pairs
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 826 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 201 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 122 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 98 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 87 records, high confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 82 records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 80 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 47 records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 47 records, high confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 31 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 14 records, medium confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 11 records, medium confidence
- Tazin Lake Upland north AB / SK: 9 records, medium confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 4 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
137 documented relationships.
nectar for
- A Digger Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- Aerial Yellowjacket Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- American Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena nivalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Anicia Checkerspot Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Anise Swallowtail Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Anthophora urbana LaManna et al. 2020
- Aphrodite Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Argynnis hydaspe Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Atlantis Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bald-faced Hornet Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Boisduval's Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Boloria epithore Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bronze Copper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Brown-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Bumblebee-like Digger Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Calligrapher Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Central Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Checkered White Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Chlosyne palla Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Chrysops sackeni Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Clouded Sulphur Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Common Wood-Nymph Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Coral Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Cryptic Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Delicate Cycnia Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Diachrysia aereoides Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Dogbane Beetle Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Tailed-Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eristalis flavipes Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis icelus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis juvenalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis pacuvius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis persius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis propertius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euclidia ardita Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euclidia cuspidea Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euphydryas colon Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Gnophaela latipennis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Gray Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Great Golden Digger Wasp Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Great Spangled Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Half-black Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Halictus confusus LaManna et al. 2020
- Halictus ligatus LaManna et al. 2020
- Halictus tripartitus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Hemaris gracilis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hemaris thetis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Heriades cressoni LaManna et al. 2020
- Hobomok Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hoplitis albifrons Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hunt's Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Hylaeus affinis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Hylaeus mesillae Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Hylaeus modestus LaManna et al. 2020
- Hylaeus verticalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Hyles gallii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Lasioglossum albipenne LaManna et al. 2020
- Lasioglossum albohirtum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Lasioglossum nevadense Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Limenitis lorquini Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Macropis nuda Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Meadow Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Megachile apicalis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Megachile frigida Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Megachile gemula LaManna et al. 2020
- Megachile latimanus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Megachile melanophaea Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Megachile pugnata Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Mesoleuca ruficillata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Monarch Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mourning Cloak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Neorhynchocephalus sackenii LaManna et al. 2020
- Nevada Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Northern Amber Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Osmia albolateralis LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia pusilla Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Painted Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pale Swallowtail Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Parnassius clodius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pearl Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Peck's Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Philanthus gibbosus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Physocephala furcillata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pink-edged Sulphur Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Plebejus anna Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Polygonia faunus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red Admiral Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Satyrium acadica Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium californica Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium edwardsii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium liparops Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium saepium Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium sylvinus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Saucrobotys futilalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Silver-spotted Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Silvery Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Snowberry Clearwing Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Speyeria callippe Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Speyeria hesperis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Speyeria zerene Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Stelis coarctatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Stelis monticola LaManna et al. 2020
- Synanthedon bibionipennis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tawny-edged Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Trichiotinus assimilis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tricoloured Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Vancouver Bumble Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Viceroy Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Virginia Ctenucha Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Western Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Western Tiger Swallowtail Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- White Admiral Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Woodland Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
pollen for
- Agapostemon texanus Robertson 1929
- Agrotis ipsilon Robertson 1929
- Atrichopogon fusculus Robertson 1929
- Great Golden Digger Wasp Robertson 1929
- Hoplitis albifrons Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Hylaeus annulatus Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Physocephala tibialis Robertson 1929
- Pseudopanurgus parvus Robertson 1929
caterpillar host for
- Delicate Cycnia Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
High toxicity to pets; High toxicity to people
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate