| 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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