WorldFloraDB - Asclepias linaria

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 60-150 cm tall. The stems have narrow needle-like leaves. They are 2-5 cm long. The flowers are in mall clusters at the tip of the stems. The fruit are tear-shaped follicles. The seeds are white.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.75 - 1.35

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It can grow in deserts.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	food food additive material medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Headache (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants are grown by seeds.

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	-