WorldFloraDB - Dracunculus

Characteristics

Large, tuberous, scapose, monoecious, perennial herbs. Leaves fan-like, palmately cut almost to midrib into several toe-like segments (pedatisect). Inflorescence solitary, terminal, usually strong-smelling; scape > leaves. Spathe funnel-shaped. Spadix ± = spathe; female and male flowers contiguous; terminal sterile appendage very long. Berry scarlet. Spp. 2, one from S. Europe, one from Canary Is. Adventive sp. 1.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
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Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	monoecy
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days)	30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 18
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