A tuber producing plant. It grows 15-25 cm high and spreads 20-25 cm wide. The leaves have 3 lobes. There are 2-5 flowers on thin stalks. The flowers are 2.5 cm across. They are usually white but can be pink.
Life form | perennial | ||||||||||||
Growth form | herb | ||||||||||||
Growth support | - | ||||||||||||
Foliage retention | deciduous | ||||||||||||
Sexuality | hermaphrodite | ||||||||||||
Pollination | entomogamy | ||||||||||||
Spread | - | ||||||||||||
Mature width (meter) | 0.1 - 0.5 | ||||||||||||
Mature height (meter) | 0.1 - 0.18 | ||||||||||||
Root system | - | ||||||||||||
Rooting depth (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Root diameter (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
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Fruit color | - | ||||||||||||
Fruiting months | - | ||||||||||||
Nitrogen fixer | - | ||||||||||||
Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
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Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | medicinal |
Edible | roots |
Therapeutic use | Antidiarrheal (root), Antiemetic (root) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings tubers |
Germination duration (days) | - |
Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | -35 |
Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:708732-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000535938 |
COL ID | DXMD |
BDTFX ID | 4891 |
INPN ID | 82684 |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) |