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Asclepias humilis (E.Mey.) Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 50-250 mm high. Stems solitary, erect. Leaves erect, 2-5 pairs, broadly oblong, 19-75 x 10-18 mm, base rounded, apex obtuse, midrib and secondary veins prominent; petioles 2.0-13.5 mm long. Inflorescences solitary and terminal, subcorymbose, 4(5)-flowered; peduncle 12-25 mm long. Flowers mauve or redish mauve. Corolla spreading; lobes oblong-ovate, 7.5-10.5 x 4.5-5.5 mm; one margin ciliate. Staminal column ± 3 mm high, stipitate. Corona white, tinted purple; lobes slipper-shaped, 6.5-8.5 mm long, proximal end ± 5 mm high, upper proximal appendages shoulder-like, level with style-stigma-head, distal end attenuate, pointed; sinus 2 mm deep. Anther: appendage reniform, on style-stigma-head. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
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Perennial, geophytic herb, 50-250 mm high. Stems 1 or 2, erect, unbranched, annual. Leaves scabrid, with blade oblong, crowded near base, if corolla purple, then blade 19-75 mm wide, if corolla ivory, whitish pink and mottled with irregular purple blotches, then blade 1.2-7.0 mm wide, veins protruding below with long white hairs. Flowers: 4 per umbel, 1-4 inflorescences per stem, large, erect, ± at same level; corona slipper-shaped, white; corolla lobes 8-12 mm long, with tips upturned, white tinged brownish or reddish mauve; Nov.-Jan.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.25
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Root (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
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Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Asclepias humilis world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94345-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551398
COL ID H6FH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias humilis Asclepias phenax Gomphocarpus humilis Xysmalobium humile Pachycarpus humilis Acerates humilis
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