Legousia pentagonia Thell.

Légousie pentagonale (fr), Spéculaire pentagonale (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Legousia

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Cornfields and waste places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
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

Flower

Legousia pentagonia flower picture by Bol Üstün (cc-by-sa)
Legousia pentagonia flower picture by K Anthi (cc-by-sa)
Legousia pentagonia flower picture by Anne Froger (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Legousia pentagonia world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Palau, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:142779-1
WFO ID wfo-0000814821
COL ID 3SXFG
BDTFX ID 38200
INPN ID 105408
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pentagonia coa Prismatocarpus pentagonius l'hér. Specularia coa Specularia pentagonia Campanula coa Campanula pentagonia Specularia pentagonia var. coa Specularia pentagonia var. pubescens Legousia pentagonia