Asclepias crispa P.J.Bergius

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, 150-400 mm tall. Leaves crisped-undulate, linear to lanceolate, truncate, rounded or cuneate at base; scabrous or pubescent. Umbels solitary, terminal or 2-4 and racemosely arranged; pedunculate, 7-40-flowered. Corolla lobes reflexed, glabrous on both sides or pubescent on outside. Flowers dull greenish or purplish tinted inside, brownish purple outside; corona greenish or greenish buff with dark purple stripe down middle of back.
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Sprawling perennial to 30 cm; sap milky. Leaves opposite, narrow, hispid, with wavy margin. Flowers greenish or purple, corona lobes hollowed, greenish.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Asclepias crispa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94202-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551234
COL ID H6BR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias crispa Asclepias pseudocrispa Asclepias sabulosa Asclepias sinuosa Pachycarpus crispus Xysmalobium crispum Gomphocarpus crispus Gomphocarpus crispus Asclepias repanda Gomphocarpus arenarius

Lower taxons

Asclepias crispa var. crispa Asclepias crispa var. plana Asclepias crispa var. pseudocrispa