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Apocynum cannabinum
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Apocynum cannabinum
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Apocynum cannabinum  L.
Indian hemp, Indianhemp dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Wetlands:Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 0 and 7000 feet
Family: APOCYNACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Apocynum found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. angustifolium
PLANTS: Apocynum suksdorfii var. angustifolium
PLANTS: Apocynum sibiricum
PLANTS: Apocynum sibiricum var. salignum
PLANTS: Apocynum sibiricum var. farwellii
PLANTS: Apocynum sibiricum var. cordigerum
PLANTS: Apocynum pubescens
PLANTS: Apocynum suksdorfii
PLANTS: Apocynum hypericifolium
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. suksdorfii
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. pubescens
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. nemorale
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. hypericifolium
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. greeneanum
PLANTS: Apocynum cannabinum var. glaberrimum
ICPN: Apocynum palustre




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Apocynum cannabinum  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (APCA)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 21, 2013).

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