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Asclepias meyeriana (Schltr.) Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias

Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 100-260 mm high; multi-stemmed, ascending-erect. Leaves linear, 6.0-7.1 x 0.3-1.5 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margins revolute; petioles up to 2 mm long. Inflorescences 4(-7)-flowered. Flowers 4.5-8.0 mm wide; mauve or white tinted purple. Corolla reflexed; lobes 3.3-5.0 x 2.0-2.8 mm. Staminal column 1.5-2.0 mm high, not stipitate. Corona: lobes cymbiform, 3.6-4.2 mm long, upper proximal appendages absent, distal end blunt, proximal end of upper margin level with style-stigma-head, distal end above it. Anther: appendage ovate, 0.5-1.0 x 0.5-1.0 mm, incumbent on style-stigma-head. Flowering time Oct.-Dec.
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Perennial herb, 30-200 mm tall, branching into very numerous stems at base. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, linear, scabrous. Umbels more than 2, 4-flowered, peduncles 7-38 mm long. Corolla lobes reflexed, glabrous or canescent outside. Flowers pink and white, purple and white, greenish brown, pink, green or cream.
A herb. It grows 8-15 cm tall. It branches at the base. There are several leafy, hairy stems. The leaves are 3-5 cm long by 2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.2
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Asclepias meyeriana world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94452-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551531
COL ID H6JB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias meyeriana Gomphocarpus meyerianus
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