WorldFloraDB - Asclepias asperula

Characteristics

A clumpy herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25-50 cm tall. The stems spread forming a large, dense clump. The leaves are 10-20 cm long. They are narrow and in irregular groups. The stems are densely covered with vary small hairs. The flowers are crowded into a ball shaped head. This is 7.5-10 cm across. It is at the end of the flower stem.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.54 - 0.55

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Sandy or rocky calcareous soils. Flats and desert swales, sandy and rocky hillsides, with pinyon and juniper, oak, mesquite, Yucca and Nolina.

More

It grows in dry rocky or sandy places.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The unopened flower buds are cooked and eaten. The flowers are used as flavouring and for thickening soups. The flower clusters can be boiled down to make a sugary syrup.

Uses	fiber medicinal oil poison
Edible	flowers gums leaves pods seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	10 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-