Asclepias cultriformis Harv. ex Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 150-300(-380 mm; stem solitary, erect, white shaggy-hairy. Leaves ascending, linear-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 25-50 x 6.5-16.0 mm, base round to subcordate, apex acute. Inflorescences corymbose-umbellate, 4-10-flowered; peduncle 12-25 mm long. Flowers large; corolla creamy green; corona white, purple-tinted basally. Corolla: lobes saucer-shaped, ovate, 12-15 x 9.5-14.0 mm; staminal column 4-5 mm high. Corona: lobes ± as high as broad (2-4 mm, upper proximal edge elongated into subulate appendages, straight or curved, projecting over style apex, becoming connivent, upper margin curving down to blunt distal end ± level with style apex. Anther ovate, incumbent on style-stigma-head. Flowering time Dec.?
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Perennial herb, 150-300 mm tall. Leaves oblong, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Corolla lobes ascending-spreading, pubescent outside, pubescent to densely white-hairy at tips and along margins, glabrous inside. Corona lobes with compressed erect process or horn within cavity. Flowers green or sometimes dark purple-brown; corona white with violet spot on back near apex and violet at base.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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 cultriformis world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94209-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551244
COL ID H6BW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias cultriformis Gomphocarpus cultriformis