Allionia incarnata L.

Trailing windmills (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Allionia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, sometimes annual, sparingly glandular puberulent to spreading viscid-villous. Stems often reddish, 0.1-1.5 m. Leaves progressively reduced distally; distal leaves proportionately narrower than proximal; larger leaves: petiole 2-25 mm, equaling or shorter than blade; blade usually flat, sometimes undulate, 20-65 × 10-35 mm, base often oblique, obtuse, or round, margins entire or sinuate, apex acute, sometimes obtuse or round. Inflorescences: peduncle 3-25(-30) mm, involucres ovoid when mature, 4-6.5(-9) mm. Perianth deep pink to magenta, 5-15 mm. Fruits deeply convex, 2.9-4.7 × 1.5-2.8 mm; lateral ribs with 0-4 teeth, teeth usually broadly (rarely narrowly) triangular, never gland tipped, or edge of fruit wings entire or with only irregular undulations and incisions, concave side of fruit with 4-7 glands per row (glands rarely continuous or 2 rows glandless); stalks equaling or shorter than diameter of glandular head.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (root), Diarrhea (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Allionia incarnata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Allionia incarnata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Allionia incarnata leaf picture by Terry Miller (cc-by-sa)
Allionia incarnata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Allionia incarnata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Allionia incarnata flower picture by sarah simms (cc-by-sa)
Allionia incarnata flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allionia incarnata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8606-2
WFO ID wfo-0000526171
COL ID BTSS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Allionia incarnata f. grandiflora Wedelia cristata Wedeliella incarnata Allionia craterimorpha Allionia cristata Allionia incarnata Allionia jarae Allionia puberula Wedelia incarnata Wedelia incarnata Wedelia malachroides Wedeliella cristata Allionia incarnata f. cristata Allionia brandurriae Allionia mendocina Allionia incarnata f. cylindrica Allionia incarnata f. glomerata Allionia incarnata f. obtusilobata Allionia incarnata f. villosiceps Wedelia incarnata subsp. anodonta Allionia incarnata var. incarnata Wedeliella incarnata subsp. nudata Wedeliella incarnata var. anodonta

Lower taxons

Allionia incarnata var. nudata Allionia incarnata var. villosa