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Dogbane (Apocynaceae) Family
Hemp Dogbane
(Apocynum cannibinum)
If you didn't know any
better, you would look at this infested soybean field and think the weed
problem wasn't too bad. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Underneath those spindly, innocent
looking shoots are extensive rootstock systems. Try to dig them out, no
way. They can go 10 feet deep (3 meters) or more in the soil. Try to cultivate
or use tillage, all you do is stimulate rootstock buds to germinate and
it all starts over again. Hemp dogbane is a pain in the....
Get it early. Seedling:
Start to worry. Leaves and stems:
Notice the milky sap
(left) being exuded from the severed stem.
Flowers and seedheads:
