General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Leaves: Deciduous
Malodorous
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Pollution
Flood Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Hemp Dogbane
  • Indian Hemp
  • Dogbane
  • Prairie Dogbane
  • Ack
  • Spreading Dogbane
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Apocynum cannabinum
  • Synonym: Apocynum hypericifolium
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. suksdorfii
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. pubescens
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. nemorale
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. hypericifolium
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. greeneanum
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. glaberrimum
  • Synonym: Apocynum cannabinum var. angustifolium
  • Synonym: Apocynum sibiricum var. cordigerum
  • Synonym: Apocynum pubescens
  • Synonym: Apocynum sibiricum

Photo Gallery
Location: Steinaker State Park, Uintah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: Steinaker State Park, Uintah County, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
Date: May 22, 2010 10:38 AM
Location: Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
Date: May 16, 2010 11:16 AM
Location: Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
Date: May 22, 2010 10:38 AM
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022

Date: 2003-06-06
(http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/) Photo by Steven J. Baskauf
Location: Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
Date: May 16, 2010 11:15 AM
Location: Lincoln, AR
Date: 2017-07-02
Can someone identify this plant?

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Date: 2015-02-04
Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

Date: July
credit: John Cameron
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jan 30, 2012 10:39 PM concerning plant:
    This stuff's been around a long time. Hemp fibers have been found in fabric 3000 to 5000 years old (early Archaic period).Fibers were also utilized to make rope and nets.
    Kiowa Indians made chewing gum from the white, milky latex of the sap by letting it harden. Blackfeet made a laxative tea and a concoction to prevent hair loss from plant.

    Found in open woods, prairies, fields, pastures and roadsides throughout Illinois and Midwest.
  • Posted by Horntoad (Nederland, Texas - Zone 9a) on Sep 30, 2011 7:50 PM concerning plant:
    Indian Hemp is native to: USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK)
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Looks like a variety of Milkweed by plantladylin Oct 21, 2017 5:27 PM 2

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