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Rhodiola rosea L.

Roseroot stonecrop (en), Rhodiole rose (fr), Orpin rose (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Rhodiola

Characteristics

Roots erect, robust. Caudex short. Caudex leaves scalelike. Flowering stems 10-30 cm. Stem leaves remote, sessile, oblong, elliptic-oblanceolate, or obovate, 0.7-3.5 × 0.5-1.8 cm, base subamplexicaul, margin entire, apically few dentate, or serrate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences corymbiform or capitate, compact, ca. 2 × 3-6 cm, many flowered. Flowers unisexual, male ones unequally 4-merous. Sepals lanceolate-linear, ca. 1 mm, apex obtuse. Petals greenish yellow or yellow, linear-oblanceolate to oblong, ca. 3 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 8, longer than petals. Nectar scales oblong, apically slightly narrowed, 1-1.5 × ca. 0.6 mm, apex emarginate. Carpels of female flowers erect. Styles recurved. Follicles lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 6-8 mm, apical beak ca. 1 mm. Seeds lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, winged at one end. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep.
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Plants mostly dioecious. Rootstock erect or spreading, 0.5-2.5 cm diam. Floral stems deciduous, 5-40 × 0.2-0.6 cm. Leaf blades pale green, usually glaucous, ovate to obovate or oblong, 1-5 × 0.4-1.5 cm, margins entire or dentate, apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescences corymbose cymes, dense, to 150-flowered, to 6.5 cm diam. Pedicels ca. 3 mm. Flowers mostly unisexual, 4(-5)-merous; sepals linear-oblong or lanceolate, unequal, 1-2.5 mm; petals pale yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes red at tips, oblong, 1-3.5 mm, shorter than stamens, in staminate flowers spreading, hooded, 0.7-1.1 mm wide, in pistillate erect. Follicles 4-9 mm; beaks spreading. Seeds winged at both ends, pyriform, 1.7-2.2 mm. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Moist, rocky ledges and talus of coastal cliffs in the north and of north-facing cliffs; at elevations up to 1,900 metres. Crevices of mountain rocks and on sea cliffs.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 1-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal oil ornamental pharmaceutical
Edible flowers leaves roots shoots stems
Therapeutic use Unspecified (flower), Analgesic (flower), Gastrointestinal Aid (flower), Tuberculosis Remedy (flower), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Calmative (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Anemia (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Infertility, male (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) 10 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Rhodiola rosea world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greenland, Croatia, India, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Mongolia, Norway, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315148-2
WFO ID wfo-0000399342
COL ID 6X6NN
BDTFX ID 56018
INPN ID 117668
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Rhodiola rosea Rhodiola iremelica Rhodiola hideoi Rhodiola tachiroei Tolmachevia krivochzhinii Sedum roseum Sedum arcticum Rhodia officinarum Rhodiola minor Rhodiola odora Rhodiola odorata Rhodiola krivochizhinii Rhodiola maxima Rhodiola borealis Sedum altaicum Sedum sachalinense Rhodiola arctica Rhodiola sibirica Rhodiola scopolii Rhodiola sachalinensis Tetradium odoratum Rhodiola telephioides Rhodiola imbricata Sedum imbricatum Rhodiola elongata Rhodiola roanensis Sedum roanense Sedum elongatum Sedum rhodiola Sedum rhodioloides Sedum caerulans Rhodiola rosea subsp. elongata Rhodiola rosea subsp. borealis Rhodiola rosea subsp. krivochizhinii Rhodiola rosea subsp. sachalinensis Rhodiola rosea var. scopolii Sedum rosea subsp. arcticum Sedum rosea var. tachiroi Rhodiola rosea subsp. tachiroi Rhodiola rosea subsp. arctica Sedum rosea var. roanense Rhodiola rosea subsp. roanensis Sedum rhodiola var. latifolium Sedum rhodiola var. vulgare Sedum rhodiola var. oblongum Sedum rhodiola var. viride Sedum rhodiola var. crispum Sedum rhodiola var. pumilum Sedum rhodiola var. dentatum Sedum rhodiola var. humile Sedum rhodiola var. involucratum Sedum rhodiola var. ovatum Sedum rhodiola var. lanceolatum Sedum rhodiola var. tenuifolium
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