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Asclepias stellifera Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias

Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 120-290 mm high. Stems 1(9-13)-branched, erect. Leaves linear, 12-105 x 0.5-2.0 mm, base cuneate, apex acute, margins revolute; petioles up to 3 mm long. Inflorescences 4(-8)-flowered. Flowers 5-16 mm wide, yellow to mauve or white tinted purple. Corolla reflexed; lobes 4.5-7.0 x 3.0-4.2 mm, lower surface pubescent. Staminal column 2.5-3.5 mm high, not stipitate. Corona: lobes cymbiform, 4.0-7.5 mm long, upper proximal appendages dentate or absent, distal end blunt, proximal end of upper margin level with style-stigma-head and distal end above it. Anther: appendage ovate, 0.4-1.0 x 0.6-1.1 mm, incumbent on style-stigma-head. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
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Perennial herb, 120-290 mm high. Stems 1-9, erect. Leaves scabrid, with blade linear, 9-10 x as long as broad, scaberulous. Flowers: in many 4-flowered umbels; corolla and corona lobes 5-6 mm long; corolla lobes reflexed, pubescent outside, canescent inside, yellow-red, mauve to pink or dirty pink; Jul.-Jan.
Perennial herb, 120-290 mm tall. Leaves 9-10 times as long as broad, linear, scaberulous. Umbels numerous, 4-flowered. Corolla lobes reflexed, pubescent outside, canescent inside. Corolla and corona lobes 5-6 mm long. Flowers yellow-red, mauve to pink or dirty pink.
A herb. It grows 8-25 cm tall. It branches at the base. There are usually 2-6 stems. The leaves are 4-10 cm long and 2-3 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.29
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves roots
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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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94663-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551783
COL ID H6Q7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias simplex Asclepias stellifera Gomphocarpus revolutus Gomphocarpus simplex Lagarinthus revolutus
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