Patrinia villosa (Thunb.) Dufr.

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Patrinia

Characteristics

A herb. It can take 2 years to complete its life-cycle or keep growing for a few years. It grows 50-120 cm tall. The stems have 2 lines along them. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They are 4-25 cm long by 2-18 cm wide. There are teeth along the edges or their can be lobes. The leaves on the stem do not have leaf stalks. The flowers are tube shaped and white. The fruit is oval and 3-7 mm long by 3-8 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sunny hills and low elevations in mountains all over Japan. Forests, forest margins, thickets, grassy areas, roadsides.
More
It is a subtropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests and in grassy areas between 100-2,000 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The young shoots are eaten in spring.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Antidote (unspecified), Cancer (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 -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452696-2
WFO ID wfo-0001042177
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Valeriana villosa Patrinia villosa

Lower taxons

Patrinia villosa subsp. punctifolia