Krameria erecta Willd.

Littleleaf ratany (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Zygophyllales > Krameriaceae > Krameria

Characteristics

Shrubs, mound-forming, 1–2 m. Stems erect, with long and short shoots, young branches green, becoming gray with age, strigose, tips often thorny. Leaves: blade linear to linear-lanceolate, on both long and short shoots 0.5–15 × 0.5–2 mm, ape\× acute to mucronate, surfaces strigose, sometimes with multicellular, stipitate, glandular hairs. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers (on short shoots only, often appearing clustered because of shoot compression). Flowers: sepals slightly cupped inward, bright pink or magenta, lanceolate to ovate, 8–10 mm; secretory petals pink, 2–3 mm, with oil-filled blisters mostly on distal portions of outer surfaces; petaloid petals 4–6 mm, connate basally, distinct portions green basally and pink or pink with purple edges distally, oblanceolate to reniform, 2–4 mm; stamens didynamous; ovary strigose; style pink. Capsules cordate in outline, with longitudinal ridge more pronounced on 1 face, 6 mm diam., glabrous or densely strigose, spines stout, 2–5 mm, each usually bearing curved, multicellular hairs on basal 1/2 and retrorse barbs near tip. 2n = 12.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 6-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The plant is used to make a tea drink.
Uses animal food dye material medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (root), Eye (unspecified), Sore (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Krameria erecta unspecified picture

Distribution

Krameria erecta world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:690418-1
WFO ID wfo-0001069516
COL ID 3RDYZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Krameria erecta Krameria glandulosa Krameria imparata Krameria interior Krameria parvifolia Krameria navae Krameria palmeri Krameria parviflora Krameria rosmarinifolia Krameria parvifolia var. glandulosa Krameria parvifolia var. imparata