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Your search found 15 taxa in the family Apocynaceae, Dogbane family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Wideleaf Bluestar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amsonia tabernaemontana FAMILY: Apocynaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana 156-01-001 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, moist, rich slope forests
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amsonia ciliata FAMILY: Apocynaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amsonia ciliata 156-01-002 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and openings
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Swamp Bluestar, Ozark Bluestar, Shining Bluestar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amsonia illustris FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amsonia illustris FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Gravel bars along streams, glades and upland woodlands
Native: south central US
Common Name:
Louisiana Bluestar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amsonia ludoviciana FAMILY: Apocynaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Amsonia ludoviciana FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests and woodlands
Native: endemic to Louisiana, Mississippi, east Texas (so far as is known)
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Common Name:
Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar, Marsh Bluestar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amsonia rigida FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amsonia rigida FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands
Uncommon in GA, rare elsewhere
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Climbing Dogbane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Thyrsanthella difformis FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trachelospermum difforme FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trachelospermum difforme 156-02-001 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, moist prairies, flatwoods, swamps, marshes, old fields, roadsides
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trachelospermum jasminoides FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trachelospermum jasminoides FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: southeast Asia
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Common Name:
Indian-hemp, Hemp Dogbane, Marion's Weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Apocynum cannabinum FAMILY: Apocynaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Apocynum cannabinum FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Apocynum cannabinum 156-03-001 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, roadsides, pastures
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Intermediate Dogbane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Apocynum floribundum FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Apocynum ×floribundum [androsaemifolium × cannabinum] FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Apocynum medium 156-03-002 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, roadsides, pastures
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Spreading Dogbane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Apocynum androsaemifolium FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Apocynum androsaemifolium FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Apocynum androsaemifolium 156-03-003 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, prairies, flood-scour, roadsides, pastures
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Periwinkle, Myrtle Vinca
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vinca minor FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vinca minor FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vinca minor 156-04-001 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, around old house sites and especially old cemeteries, persistent and spreading from cultivation
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bigleaf Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vinca major FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vinca major FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vinca major 156-04-002 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, around old house sites, persistent and spreading from cultivation
Uncommon
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy-periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Catharanthus roseus FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Catharanthus roseus FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vinca rosea 156-04-003 FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, northwards only persistent after cultivation or as a waif or "throw-out" after cultivation
Waif(s)
Non-native: Madagascar
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Common Name:
Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viper's-tail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pentalinon luteum FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pentalinon luteum FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Mangrove swamps, tropical hammocks
Native: Florida
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Common Name:
Oleander
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nerium oleander FAMILY: Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nerium oleander FAMILY: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Frequently cultivated, especially on barrier islands (because of its salt resistance), sometimes persistent or weakly naturalizing
Rare
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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