Asclepias adscendens (Schltr.) Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, 100-200 mm high. Stems decumbent. Leaves scabrid, with blade 6-12 mmwide, linear, narrowly ovate to ovate. Flowers: in terminal, solitary, usually > 20-floweredumbels, 15-32 mm wide; peduncles 15-65 mm long; corolla lobes 4.5-6.0 mm long, reflexedor reflexed-spreading, with upcurved tips glabrous inside or minutely puberulous at base;corolla white to cream-coloured to purplish; Aug.-Dec.
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A small herb. It grows 10-20 cm high. It branches at the base into several erect stems. The leaves are 5-18 cm long. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are rounded or heart shaped at the base. The flowers are in groups that occur singly at the top of the plant. There are 12-20 flowers in a group. The fruit are hollow pods 5 cm long and 1 cm wide.
Perennial herb, 100-200 mm tall. Leaves 6-7 times as long as broad, linear-lanceolate to ovate. Umbels solitary and terminal, 12-25-flowered. Peduncles 15-65 mm long. Corolla lobes reflexed orreflexed-spreading, with upcurved tips, glabrous inside or minutely puberulous at base. Flowers purplish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
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Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. In South Africa it grows between 450-1,750 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Asclepias adscendens world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Mozambique, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94069-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551072
COL ID H67Z
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Synonyms

Gomphocarpus adscendens Asclepias adscendens