WorldFloraDB - Iresine rhizomatosa

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 3-10 dm, stoloniferous. Stems erect, largely simple proximal to inflorescences, villous or glabrous. Leaves op-posite; blade ovate to elliptic, 6-15 × 2-7 cm, apex acute to long acuminate, sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences: panicles 7-30 cm; bracts and bracteoles of staminate and pistillate flowers shorter than tepals. Flowers: tepals white, ovate, 1-1.3 mm, hyaline, apex acute to acuminate, densely lanate. Utricles exerted from tepals, greenish white, ovoid, 1.1-1.5 mm, apex rounded. Seeds 0.5-0.8 mm.

More

Dioecious, rhizomatous perennial 5–15 dm, pilose at the nodes; lvs thin, bright green, lance-ovate, acuminate, entire, to 14 cm, a third to half as wide; panicles terminal and from the upper axils, pyramidal, 1–3 dm, with innumerable tiny fls; bracts and bracteoles ovate, shorter than the cal; sep lance-ovate, 1.2–1.5 mm, those of the pistillate fls subtended by long (eventually 3–5 mm) hairs; fr rotund, 2–2.5 mm. Damp woods; Md. to Va. and Ala., w. to Kans. and Tex. Aug.–Oct. (I. paniculata, misapplied)

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

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Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 1.0

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

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light
Soil humidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129956-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000732213
COL ID	6N8BP
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iresine rhizomatosa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Iresine rhizomatosa Standl.

Juda's bush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Iresine