Centella stenophylla Adamson

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

A low-growing much branched herb forming patches or tangles. Usually glabrous except for a few hairs in the leaf axils. Stems very slender, up to 40 cm long, the branches with long internodes. Leaves thread-like, soft, dark green, 2-6 cm long, the sheaths small, brown, with no membranous margin. Umbels 3-rayed, often grouped: rays slender, glabrous: flowers very small. Petals glabrous. Fruit rounded, as wide as long or slightly wider, 2.5-3.5 mm long, 3-3.5 mm wide, much longer than the minute membrane-edged bracts. Mericarps with rather prominent ridges and wrinkled furrows. Fruit on a very slender ray about 1 cm long.
More
Sprawling, patch-forming, perennial herb, up to 0.4(-0.6) m high, similar to C. virgata. Leaves acicular, thread-like, glabrous or very sparsely hairy. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Fruit borne among vegetative parts, 3.0-3.5 x 2-4 mm in commissural view, round to obovate, longer than bracts, smooth or slightly wrinkled.
Sprawling, patch-forming perennial to 40 cm. Leaves acicular, thread-like, glabrous or very sparsely hairy. Fruit relatively small, round to obovate, longer than bracts, smooth or slightly wrinkled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Centella stenophylla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000594173
COL ID S835
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Centella stenophylla