Characteristics
A clumping herb. It grows 90-120 cm high and spreads 75 cm wide. The leaves are strap shaped. The flower spikes are 3 m tall. The flowers are in dense heads. They are lily like and white and star shaped. The stamens protrude.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
1.0
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.9 - 1.2
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
|
| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. They grow in dry areas. In the Himalayas it grows up to 3,900 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The leaves are cooked and used as a vegetable. The young flower buds are eaten.
Cultivation
Plants can be grown by seed of division of the clump. Care needs to be taken not to damage the roots.
| Mode |
divisions
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
28 - 35
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
25 - 30
|
| Germination luminosity |
light
|
| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-18
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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