WorldFloraDB - Iresine palmeri

Characteristics

Shrubs or vines, at least 3 dm. Stems sometimes scandent or decumbent, woody nearly throughout, scabrous. Leaves opposite; blade lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or lance-oblong, 12-60 × 5-17 cm, glabrous. Inflorescences: pistillate plants with panicles 2.5-6 cm; bracts and bracteoles ± equaling tepals; staminate plants not seen. Flowers: tepals green, oval, 1-1.4 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse, pilose. Utricles exserted, subglobose, 1.7 mm, apex truncate. Seeds 1 mm.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

polygamodioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.45

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129943-2
WFO ID	wfo-0001046050
COL ID	6MWC3
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iresine palmeri Hebanthe palmeri

WorldFloraDB 2024

Iresine palmeri (S.Watson) Standl.

Palmer's bloodleaf (en)

Species