Rodgersia pinnata Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Rodgersia

Characteristics

Herbs 25-150 cm tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves subpinnately compound; petiole 3.5-32.5 cm, base brown long pilose. Basal and proximal cauline leaves usually with 6-9 leaflets, among which terminal ones 3-5, verticillate ones 3 or 4; distal cauline leaves with 3 leaflets; leaflets elliptic or oblong to narrowly obovate, 6.5-32 × 2.7-12.5 cm, abaxially brown pilose along veins, adaxially glabrous or strigose, base gradually narrowed, margin doubly serrate, apex acuminate. Pleiochasium paniculate, 12-31 cm, many flowered; branches 3.5-22 cm, paleaceous hairy, sometimes also shortly glandular hairy; pedicels 1.5-3.5 mm. Sepals 5, subovate, 2-2.7 × ca. 2 mm, leathery, abaxially tawny pilose and subsessile glandular hairy, adaxially sparsely subsessile glandular hairy near base, veins 3, arcuate, confluent at apex, apex shortly acuminate. Petals absent. Stamens 10, 2.8-4 mm. Carpels 2, ca. 3 mm, connate at base; ovary subsuperior; styles 2. Capsule purple, ca. 7 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Aug. 2n = 60*, ca. 75*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 0.63 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 12 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rodgersia pinnata unspecified picture

Distribution

Rodgersia pinnata world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793120-1
WFO ID wfo-0000990045
COL ID 78WTL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Astilbe pinnata Rodgersia pinnata

Lower taxons

Rodgersia pinnata var. strigosa