#dogbane any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
supertype: #poisonous_plant__poisonousplant a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
member of: #genus_Apocynum
subtype: #common_dogbane__spreading_dogbane__spreadingdogbane__rheumatism_weed__Apocynum_androsaemifolium North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
subtype: #rheumatism_weed__Indian_hemp__Apocynum_cannabinum Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
subtype: #Rocky_Mountain_dogbane__Apocynum_pumilum North American plant similar to common dogbane
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