Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 10-300 mm high. Stems decumbent with only terminal ends erect. Leaves scabrid, with blade narrowly ovate, 9-10 x as long as broad, base hastate to auriculate. Flowers: in solitary, terminal, 6-or 7-flowered umbels; gynostegial groove 2.8-3.6 mm long; corona lobes 10-15 mm high, 6-7 x as long as broad, when viewed from the side overtopping staminal column by half their length; corolla with lobes reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent to puberulent inside, green, greenish pink, greenish white to white; Jul., Oct.-Apr.
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Perennial decumbent herb. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, lanceolate, base hastate to auriculate. Umbels solitary, terminal, 6-or 7-flowered. Corolla lobes reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent to puberulent inside. Corona lobes 6-7 times as long as broad, when viewed from the side, overtopping staminal column by half their length. Flowers green, greenish pink, greenish white to white.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year from tuberous roots. The stems can lie along the ground. They are 30 cm long. The leaves are simple and narrow. The edges are curved back. The flowers are in a group at the top of the plant. There are 3-6 flowers. The petals curve back. The flowers are green and 25 mm long. The fruit is a follicle tapering to a long tip.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.3
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in grasslands and on rocky hillsides.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked as a spinach. They are also eaten raw. The roots are dried and crushed and mixed with boiling cows milk to make a drink.
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Edible flowers leaves roots stems
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Cultivation

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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 eminens world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94253-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551294
COL ID 8L3CL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias eminens Stenostelma eminens Gomphocarpus eminens