WorldFloraDB - Leontice leontopetalum

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 50 cm tall. It has tubers that are large and deep. The stems and leaves are waxy. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The flowering shoots are branched. The flowers are yellow.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.5

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

c3

Environment

Sunny rocky places on cultivated ground, 400-2200 metres. Plants are sometimes found on limestone, they also grow in steppes and semi-desert.

More

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 5-9.

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

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	tubers
Therapeutic use	Epilepsy (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°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-