Kochia melanoptera Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Kochia

Characteristics

Herbs annual, 15-40 cm tall. Stem erect, much branched, obscurely striate, ribbed; branches oblique, pilose. Leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade bluish green, terete or clavate, 0.4-2 cm × 0.5-0.8 mm, pubescent or becoming glabrous at maturity, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute. Flowers bisexual, usually 1-3 per glomerule in almost all leaf axils. Perianth greenish, pubescent or occasionally subglabrous; 3 larger appendages spreading, black-brown, purple-red, or brown veined, winglike, lanceolate to narrowly ovate; 2 other appendages usually erect, subulate or tuberculate; sometimes all 5 appendages winglike but then 2 wings small. Stamens 5; filaments slightly exserted; anthers oblong. Style very short; stigmas 2, light yellow. Pericarp thickly membranous. Seed ovoid; perisperm white, farinose. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.33
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Kochia melanoptera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165986-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294942
COL ID 3RB89
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kochia melanoptera