 
 
				 
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
 
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/9/16
 
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/9/16
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
 
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				 Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area 6/13/16
				 
			
		
	 
 
	
		
		
		
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Spreading Dogbane. 
		
Apocynum androsaemifolium. 
		
Dogbane (Apocynaceae) family.
	
 	 
		
			Plant: perennial herb; stems erect, 2-5 dm tall, dichotomously branched. Leaves: glabrous to sparsely hairy above, sparsely to densely hairy below, ovate to lanceolate, those along the main stem broader and drooping, larger ones 25-60(-75) mm long, 15-35(-40) mm broad, the petioles 1-5 mm long. INFLORESCENCE: cymose, terminal and axillary. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 1-3 mm long; corolla white, occasionally with pink to red veins, (4.5-)5-8 mm long, campanulate, the lobes spreading to reflexed. Fruit: 6-15 cm long, narrow, terete. SEEDS numerous, comose. Misc: Mostly in forests at higher elevations.
				
				
Santa Catalina Mountains.
				
Location: Beside access road to Marshall Gulch Trail at entrance to a parking area.
				
7/16/15
				
				
Notes: Chihuahua Pines Picnic Area - in wash near picnic tables. 6/9/16, 6/13/16
				
						
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