WorldFloraDB - Asclepias cucullata

Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 170-350 mm high. Stems 1-3, ascending. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, 7.0-10.5 x 0.3-4.0 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate; petioles up to 3 mm long. Inflorescences 4(-10)-flowered. Flowers 7-13 mm wide, mauve or white tinted purple. Corolla spreading, apex erect; lobes 6.2-7.6 x 3.0-5.2 mm, lower surface sparsely pilose. Staminal column 2.5-5.5 mm high, stipitate. Corona: lobes cucullate, 2.5-5.0 mm high, (2.0-)2.5-3.8 mm long, upper proximal appendages short, erect and fin-like, upper distal hooded, blunt or rarely apex bifid; sinus cavity with papillae; upper margin with proximal end below style-stigma-head and distal end level or above it. Anther: appendage ovate, 0.6-1.0 x 1.0-1.6 mm, incumbent on style-stigma-head. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.

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Erect to decumbent perennial herb. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, linear to narrowly lanceolate. Corolla lobes spreading with tips curving up; scabrous to pubescent outside, canescent inside. Corona lobes erect, shorter than to slightly exceeding staminal column, cucullate part of corona lobes ± as long as broad. Flowers purple, off-white, white or mauve to grey.

A slender herb. It has 1-3 annual stems. It grows 35 cm tall. These grow from a fleshy rootstock. The stems have milky sap. The leaves are opposite and do not have stalks. They are narrow and 10 cm long. They have short stiff hairs on both surfaces. The edges are rolled under. The flowers are in groups of 3-6 near the ends of stems.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
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Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.26 - 0.35
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Flower color
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.

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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
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94208-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000551241
COL ID	H6BV
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Asclepias cucullata Gomphocarpus cucullatus Trachycalymma cucullatum

Lower taxons

Asclepias cucullata subsp. scabrifolia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Asclepias cucullata (Schltr.) Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias