Apocynum venetum seed
LATIN NAME: Apocynum venetum
COMMON NAME: Dogbane
The dogbane is a handsome, upright, tough, perennial herb of the dry regions, and its fine, narrow, grey-green leaves and its small, bell-shaped, pinkish flowers, followed by the slender, paired, bean-like pods, have made it a valued and remarkable plant of the wild and the fields. It grows as an upright, tough perennial, reaching up to one metre or more, with the upright, branching, often reddish stems bearing the opposite, narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, through the summer, the small, bell-shaped, pinkish flowers in the small clusters, followed by the slender, paired, bean-like pods of the many tufted seeds. It is a species of the flowering plant in the dogbane family, and it is native to the dry regions of the central and the eastern Asia, while it grows in the dry, open places, and it is known as the dogbane.
The dogbane belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, and it is a species of the upright, tough perennial, native to the dry regions of the central and the eastern Asia, while it grows in the dry, open places, and it is known as the dogbane. It is prized for its fine, tough growth and its small, bell-shaped, pinkish flowers.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The dogbane has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the parts of the dogbane contain a range of the potent compounds, and researchers have examined these constituents, while the chemistry of the dogbane family has drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and botanical press as a family of the studied plants. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the dry regions of the central and the eastern Asia, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the wild have been examined, while the ecology of the dry-land plants has been of continuing interest, and its fine, narrow, grey-green leaves have been of interest to the botanists. The species has also been studied in the fibre and the textile science, since the tough, fibrous stems of the dogbane have been used in the making of the fine fibre and the paper of the region, and researchers have examined the fibre and its uses, while the value of the fine bast fibre has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine fibre plant rather than a casual remedy. For a plant of such quiet value, the dogbane has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the dogbane is a generous plant of the dry garden. Its small, bell-shaped, pinkish flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, leafy stems give a fine, upright presence to the meadow and the dry garden.
Its economic value is real. The dogbane is prized for its tough, fibrous stems and its fine, hardy growth, and its value has drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and botanical press as a plant of the region, while its fine, strong bast fibre has been used in the making of the fine cordage and the paper of the many lands. The parts of the dogbane are potent and are best left to the study and the safe handling of the specialist. For a grower, the dogbane is an easy and hardy plant, and for a gardener it brings a pinkish, bell-flowered, tough plant to the dry garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them lightly watered, and they’ll be sprouting readily, growing on into a pinkish, bell-flowered, tough plant.