WorldFloraDB - Adenocaulon bicolor

Characteristics

Fibrous-rooted slender perennial to 1 m; lvs mostly near the base, long-petiolate, large and thin, deltoid-ovate to cordate or subreniform, 3–15 cm wide, essentially glabrous above, closely white-woolly beneath, entire to more often coarsely toothed or shallowly lobed; invol bracts 2 mm or less, reflexed in fr and eventually deciduous; achenes clavate, 5–8 mm; 2n=46. Moist, shady woods; n. Minn. and n. Mich.; s. B.C. to Calif. and Mont. May–Aug.

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Aerial stems usually leafy only near bases, openly branched. Leaves: petioles winged; blades 3–nerved, 3–25 cm. Phyllaries 5–6(–10), 1–2 mm. Peripheral florets: corollas soon falling, 0.5–1.2 mm. Inner florets: corollas tardily falling, 1–2.3 mm. Cypselae 5–9 mm. 2n = 46.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.9

Root system

fibrous-root

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Dermatological Aid (leaf), Tuberculosis Remedy (leaf)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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