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Astilboides tabularis (Hemsl.) Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Astilboides

Characteristics

Herbs 1-1.5 m tall. Rhizome brown, to 35 × 2-3 cm, with adventitious roots at nodes. Stem simple, proximally sparsely rigidly glandular hairy. Basal leaf 1; petiole 30-60 cm, spinose glandular hairy; leaf blade 1.8-6(-10) cm in diam., lobes broadly ovate, both surfaces rigidly hairy or rigidly glandular hairy, margin incised-dentate and irregularly serrate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Cauline leaves smaller than basal one, 3-5-palmatilobed, base cuneate or truncate. Panicle 15-20 cm, many flowered. Sepals ovate, ca. 2 × 1.7-1.8 mm, leathery, abaxially sparsely subsessile glandular hairy, adaxially and marginally glabrous, veins 5, apically confluent, apex obtuse or retuse. Petals white or lilac, obovate-oblong. Filaments 2.4-2.5 mm. Capsule 6.5-7 mm. Seeds ca. 2.2 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep. 2n = 34, 36.
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A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1-1.5 m high. It has stout brown rhizomes or underground stems. These are 35 cm long and 2-3 cm thick. The aerial parts have stiff hairs. There is one leaf near the root and a smaller one of the stem. The flower is at the top. The leaves are round and the leaf stalk joins near the centre. The leaves are 18-40 cm across. The leaf on the stem is smaller. The flowers are small and white. They are in groups at the top of the stalk. The seeds are winged and 2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system adventitious-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It grows in northern China and Korea. It grows in deciduous forests.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The young shoots and leaf stalks are used as an asparagus.
Uses medicinal
Edible shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Astilboides tabularis world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790325-1
WFO ID wfo-0000552913
COL ID HV9T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Astilboides tabularis Rodgersia tabularis Saxifraga tabularis
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