Asclepias gibba var. gibba (Turcz.) Schltr.

Variety

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Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic, decumbent to erect herb, 14-310 mm long. Stems 2-10. Leaves broadly to narrowly lanceolate, 20-105 x 1-6 mm; petioles 0.3-5.0 mm long. Inflorescences corymbose umbellate, 4-10-flowered. Flowers green, tinged white and mauve. Corolla reflexed; lobes ovate to lanceolate, 11 x 2.5-4.8 mm. Staminal column 3.86.5 mm high. Corona: lobes columnar, 4-6 mm high, 1-2 mm wide, upper proximal end shoulder-like, level with style-stigma-apex, distal end a subulate point curving over and overtopping style-stigma-head. Anther: appendage ovate, on conical style-stigmahead. Flowering time Nov.-Mar.
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Perennial herb, 10-300 mm high. Stems decumbent with only terminal ends erect. Leaves scabrid, with blade linear, 9-10 x as long as broad, base auriculate or hastate. Flowers: in solitary, terminal 4-10-flowered umbels; corona lobes distinctly gibbous or curved on back, with an erect subulate point at their dorsal apex, overtopping style apex by < 1 mm; corolla with lobes spreading to reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent inside; grey-mauve, green-mauve, silvery grey or greenish white tinted dull purple; Oct.-Feb.
Perennial herb, 14-300 mm tall. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, linear, base auriculate or hastate. Umbels solitary, terminal, 4-10-flowered. Corolla lobes spreading to reflexed, glabrous outside, canescent inside. Corona lobes distinctly gibbous or curved on back with an erect subulate point at their dorsal apex. Flowers grey-mauve, green-mauve, silvery grey or greenish white tinted dull purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.3
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Asclepias gibba var. gibba world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77173545-1
WFO ID wfo-0001103572
COL ID H6L3
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Synonyms

Asclepias oxytropis Gomphocarpus oxytropis Asclepias gibba var. gibba