Astilbe longicarpa Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Astilbe

Characteristics

Herbs 32-150 cm tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves 2-pinnately compound; common petiole brown long pilose; leaflets narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3-9 × 1.2-3.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely hairy, base cuneate to cordate (usually oblique on lateral leaflets), margin doubly serrate, apex acute. Panicle 6.5-28 cm; branches and pedicels glandular hairy. Sepals 5, elliptic, ca. 1.4 × 0.6 mm, glabrous, margin entire, apex truncate or rounded. Petals 5, usually oblanceolate, 3-3.2 × 0.8-1 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse or retuse. Stamens 10, 3-4.5 mm. Pistil ca. 3 mm; carpels 2, free; ovary subsuperior. Fl. and fr. Jul-Nov.
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A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It is 40-150 cm high. The leaves are twice divided with leaflets along the stalk. They are 3-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The fruit is a capsule about 4 mm long with many seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A subtropical plant. It grows at low to medium altitudes throughout Taiwan.
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Low to medium altitudes.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 40 - 80
Germination temperacture (C°) 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Astilbe longicarpa world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790296-1
WFO ID wfo-0000552852
COL ID HV8R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Astilbe chinensis var. longicarpa Astilbe longicarpa