WorldFloraDB - Pterospora andromedea

Characteristics

Inflorescences 1.5-17 dm , glandular-hirsute; bracts 2-3.5 × 0.5-1 cm, scarious at maturity. Flowers: sepals 4-6 × 2-3 mm; corolla 6-9 mm, base not saccate, lobes reflexed, rounded to blunt; stamens 3-5 mm; anthers horizontal at anthesis, ca. 1 mm diam., awns to 1.5 mm; ovary 3-4 × 4-6 mm, glabrous; style 1-3 × 1 mm; stigma yellowish, ca. 1.5 mm diam. Capsules persistent, thin-segmented, remaining connate at apex, 5-10 × 7-14 mm. Seeds 0.2-0.5 mm including wing. 2n = 16, 48.

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Stems erect, simple, 3–10 dm, glandular-hairy, with numerous scale-lvs especially below; fls numerous in a terminal raceme 1–3 dm; cor 6–7 mm, white to more often reddish, its spreading-recurved lobes 1–2 mm; 2n=16. Coniferous woods, chiefly in dry soil; P.E.I. to N.Y. and Pa., w. to s. Ont. and Mich.; widespread in the w. cordillera, from s. Can. to Mex. June–Aug.

A herb that grows attached to and getting their food from other plants. It can be 1 m tall. The stems are red.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

mycoheterotroph

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.58 - 1.35

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a temperate plant.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The stems are eaten raw, roasted or baked.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	stems
Therapeutic use	Antihemorrhagic (fruit), Dermatological Aid (fruit), Disinfectant (fruit), Hemostat (fruit), Nose Medicine (fruit), Pulmonary Aid (fruit), Venereal Aid (root), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Hair-Tonic (unspecified), Shampoo (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified)
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Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants grow from seed/

Mode	seedlings
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