Wildflower - Dogbane

In the hay field near Joyce Road and the driveway to our barn is a large patch of Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium).



This native plant has small groups of tiny, pink, bell-shaped flowers, fragrant and striped inside with deeper pink. This relative of the milkweed contains a milky juice in the stems and leaves which is poisonous.



A close-up view of the flower which is 1/4 to 1/2 inch across.