Characteristics
A tuber plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can form colonies. There is one leaf which is yellow green. The blade is spearhead shaped. It is 5-13 cm long. The leaf stalk is mottled. It is 30 cm long. The flower appears below the leaves. The bract around the flower is hooded and green. It is broader and shorter than for Friar's cowl (Arisum vulgare) and can be striped. The fruit stalk is fleshy and green and greatly swollen at the tip. It does not show above the bract. The fruit are green berries.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.1
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in rocky places.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The running rootstock is gathered, dried and ground to a powder then mixed with the flour of barley or wheat.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
roots
tubers
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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