Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 200-500 mm long. Leaves ± ovate-lanceolate, 20-75 x 12-35 mm, base rounded, apex broadly acute; petioles 1.0-6.5 mm long. Inflorescences pendulous, 15-40 tightly flowered; peduncle 25-117 mm long. Corolla mauve, reflexed; lobes 6.7-8.0 x 4.0-4.5 mm. Corona yellow or white, laterally compressed, ± square in side view, 2.0-3.5 mm long, 2-4 mm high; upper proximal edge shortly dentate, extended over margin of style-stigma-head; keel at right angles to upper margin, ending in ridge running along lobe base. Anther orbicular, incumbent on style-stigmahead. Flowering time Oct.-Feb. Follicle fusiform, surface warty.
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Perennial herb, 25-500 mm high. Stems decumbent. Leaves scabrid, with blade 6-7 x as long as broad, ovate to narrowly ovate, base subcordate to broadly rounded. Flowers: in terminal, solitary, usually > 20-flowered umbels, 35-67 mm wide; peduncles 40-100 mm long; corolla lobes reflexed, glabrous inside, white or light purple; Dec., Jan.
A herb. It can lie along the ground. The leaves are simple and oval. They are on short stalks. They are hairy on both surfaces. There are many flowers in a flat topped group at the top of the plant. They are green with yellow centres. They have a scent. The fruit are 5 cm long. They have fleshy ridges and a beak at the tip.
Perennial decumbent herb. Leaves 6-7 times as long as broad, ovate to ovate-lanceolate. Umbels terminal, solitary, 16-40-flowered. Peduncles 25-95 mm long, longer than leaves subtending them. Corolla lobes reflexed or reflexed-spreading with upcurved tips, glabrous inside. Flowers cream, yellow or pinkish.
Perennial herb, 250-500 mm tall. Leaves 6-7 times as long as broad, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, subcordate to broadly rounded at base. Umbels terminal, solitary, 15-30-flowered. Peduncles 40-100 mm long. Corolla lobes reflexed, glabrous inside. Flowers white or light purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.14 - 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 10-1,700 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves are cooked and eaten. CAUTION: It contains milky sap which contains poisonous glycosides.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible flowers leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. They do not transplant easily.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
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Germination treatment stratification
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Images

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Distribution

Asclepias albens world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94076-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551080
COL ID H688
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias albens Gomphocarpus affinis Gomphocarpus albens Asclepias affinis Pachycarpus albens Xysmalobium albens