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Incarvillea sinensis Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Incarvillea

Characteristics

Herbs annual or perennial, with branched stems, ca. 80 cm tall. Roots subwoody, branched. Leaves alternate, not clustered at stem base, 2-or 3-pinnately divided. Inflorescences sparsely racemose, ca. 20 cm; bractlets green, linear, 3-5 mm. Pedicel 1-5 mm. Calyx green with purple-red, campanulate, ca. 5 X 5 mm, teeth subulate, base enlarged into glands. Corolla campanulate-funnelform, ca. 4 X 2.5 cm, constricted into tubular base; lobes rounded. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube; anthers adherent. Style pale yellow. Capsule pale green, narrowly terete, 3-6(-10) cm, ca. 5 mm in diam., apex caudate-acuminate. Seeds compressed globose, ca. 2 mm in diam., surrounded by transparent and membranous wings, apex incised.
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A herb. It can grow from seed each year or keep growing from year to year. It grows 80 cm tall. The stems are branched. The leaves are alternate. They are divided 2 or 3 times. The flowering shoots are 20 cm long. The flowers are funnel shaped.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.83
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sandy and rocky places, embankments and old walls from 400-2100 metres, often in wind-swept sites.
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It is a temperate plant. In China it grows between 500-2,500 m above sea level.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-5

Usage

The leaves and shoots are eaten. CAUTION: The are reported to be slightly toxic.
Uses fodder medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Skin (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Sore (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 18 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Incarvillea sinensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109760-1
WFO ID wfo-0000778684
COL ID 99NFG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Incarvillea sinensis Incarvillea przewalskii Incarvillea variabilis Incarvillea sinensis f. przewalskii Incarvillea sinensis var. przewalskii Incarvillea sinensis subsp. variabilis Incarvillea variabilis var. przewalskii Incarvillea variabilis var. latifolia Incarvillea variabilis var. fumariifolia Incarvillea chinensis Incarvillea sinensis var. sinensis
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