Common & scientific name
Spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
Family
Dogbane, Apocynaceae
Location
Difficult Trail, 8,300’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
A bane to dogs and other animals owing to its toxic, milky sap, it nevertheless has delightful, bell-shaped, white & pink-striped flowers on large, attractive plants.