Question: Hi, I found this woody shrub about 3-4 feet tall with the pink & white flowers in a partly shaded …
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Hi, I found this woody shrub about 3-4 feet tall with the pink & white flowers in a partly shaded dry area of the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, MA on July 14. Can you identify please? Thanks very much!
Answer
Dear BrooklineBiker, good afternoon. The plant you photographed is Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane), a native herb in the dogbane family. Around this time you can sometimes find the opal beetle on them, so look for an beautiful, iridescent beetle on the foliage.
