Incarvillea lutea Bureau & Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Incarvillea

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, ca. 1 m tall, pale brown pubescent. Roots fleshy, 1-2 cm in diam. Leaves 1-pinnately divided, mostly borne below middle of stem, 12-27 cm; lateral leaflets 6-9 pairs, sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, 5-9 X 1.5-3 cm, margin serrate, pubescent on veins. Inflorescences racemose, 5-12-flowered; bractlets linear, 1-1.5 cm. Pedicel 5-10 mm. Calyx campanulate, green with purple spots, veins dark purple, 1.5-3 cm; teeth broadly triangular, 5-10 mm, apex acute. Corolla yellow, purple spotted and striate at base, 5-6(-8) cm, mouth ca. 3 cm in diam.; tube ca. 4 cm; lobes rounded, 1.5-2 X 2-2.5 cm, glandular. Staminode ca. 1 mm; filaments and anthers pale yellow. Capsule pale brown, lanceolate, ca. 10 X 1.3-1.5 cm, 6-angled, woody, apex acuminate. Seeds pale yellow-brown, ovoid or globose, 4-4.5 X 3-4.5 mm, apex rounded or emarginate, usually gray pubescent; wings ca. 1 mm wide. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Incarvillea lutea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109751-1
WFO ID wfo-0000778670
COL ID 99NF8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Incarvillea principis Incarvillea lutea Incarvillea lutea subsp. lutea