Characteristics
A shrub. It grows 1.6 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year but loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are narrowly oval or sword shaped and opposite or in clusters. The flowers are tube shaped. They are 5 cm long and have 4 curling lobes. Flowers can be orange, red or yellow.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
1.3 - 1.4
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
0.5
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. It can grow in the desert and on sandy soils.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-35
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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