Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

Prolific seeder, great slope stabilizer. Traditionally was used by the St'at'imc people for making rope, nets, and snares.

A shade-intolerant, submontane to montane, transcontinental North American forb distributed more in the Cordilleran than the Pacific region. Occurs on very dry to moderately dry, nitrogen-medium soils within boreal, temperate, and cool mesothermal climates. Its occurrence increases with increasing continentality and temperature, and decreases with increasing elevation and precipitation. Usually inhabits unshaded and strongly drained, water shedding sites with exposed mineral soil or thin Mor humus forms. Characteristic of moisture-deficient sites.

General:
Perennial herb from a rhizome; stems erect, glabrous or hairy, often reddish, 20-70 cm tall, branching; plants with milky juice.
Leaves:
Stem leaves opposite, spreading and drooping, narrow, oval to elliptic, short-stalked, 3-8 cm long, glabrous above, usually hairy beneath.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of compound, flat-topped clusters; corollas pink or whitish with white veins, sweet scented, 4-10 mm long.
Fruits:
Long cylindric pods, 5-12 cm long, seeds numerous with long tufts of cottony hairs