FAMILY:
Dogbane family (Apocynaceae)
DESCRIPTION:
A leafy perennial, with little-branched
erect stems filled with milky sap. The blue-white
flowers are about 1/2 across and followed by erect
cylindrical pods. The leaves are alternate and
ovate and highly variable in width.
FLOWERS:
April
HABITAT:
Generally rich deciduous woodland areas
of bottomlands and wooded slopes of the piedmont
and mountain regions.
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