Characteristics
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It has a thick yellow taproot. The stem has grey white woolly hairs. It grows 15 cm high. The leaves are mostly at the base. They are dark green and 6 cm long. The flowers are pink to red. They are on a woolly spike at the top of the plant. The seed capsules are brown.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
parasite
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
entomogamy
|
| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
0.15
|
| Root system |
tap-root
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a cold temperate plant. It grows in the tundra on the high mountains in Alaska. It grows in dry rocky places.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
|
| Soil texture |
|
| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The root is eaten raw and boiled. It can also be roasted. It is bitter. The young flower tops are fermented. They are then eaten with oil and sugar as a dessert. The flower stems are boiled and eaten as a potherb.
Cultivation
Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
| Mode |
divisions
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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