Participant Info

Species

Apocynum cannabinum [Apocynum angustifolium] [Apocynum hypericifolium] etc.

Family

Apocynaceae

CommonName

Indian hemp, dogbane

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1927

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

shrubland, foothill, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

[Alamosa NWR]

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Alamosa Co, Alamosa NWR, 11 Aug 2016; Mineral Co, junction of Hwt 160 and FSR 11, 6 July 2016)

Comments

Not as frequently collected as Apocynum androsaemifolium, A. cannabinum is recorded mainly from the west side of the Valey, with only one voucher from Crestone on the east side. Some of the higher elevation collections—in the south Sawatch range and the south San Juans—may be Apocynum x floribundum, a hybrid between A. androsaemifolium and A. cannabinum. A. cannabinum is common in the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico and Texas down to the Big Bend country—as well as throughout the USA.

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