Harveya squamosa Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Harveya

Characteristics

Parasitic perennial, up to 400 mm tall, usually with orange to red-orange stems and leaves. Flowers sessile in dense long spikes, tubular with short petals, orange with yellow throat, calyx shortly lobed, stigma subglobose.
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Parasitic perennial to 15 cm. Flowers sessile in long spikes, tubular with short petals, orange with yellow throat, calyx shortly lobed, stigma subglobose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Harveya squamosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:803619-1
WFO ID wfo-0001138101
COL ID 3JVGY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Orobanche squamata Phelypaea capensis Orobanche squamosa Harveya squamosa Aulaya squamosa