Clasping Dogbane

Notes:

Plants with milky juice. The flowers, 1/8 - 1/4” long, are bellshaped or tubular, with 5 lobes. Leaves oblong or egg-shaped, 2-4” long. Widely branched plants 1-2’ high (31-63 cm) with clusters of flowers. Pods long and narrow, in pairs. Milk-white flowers; lowest leaves practically stalkless, sometimes with a heart-shaped, clasping base; the ends of the leaves rounded, with a short bristlelike tip.