Polycnemum majus A.Braun ex Bogenh.

Giant needleleaf (en), Grand polycnémum (fr), Grand Polycnémum (fr), Polycnème élevé (fr), Grand polycnème (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Polycnemum

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.075-0.225m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.23
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Polycnemum majus leaf picture by Manon Bounous (cc-by-sa)
Polycnemum majus leaf picture by Manon Bounous (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Polycnemum majus world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328136-2
WFO ID wfo-0000395245
COL ID 4L4M7
BDTFX ID 51124
INPN ID 114520
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Polycnemum majus