Schizoglossum linifolium Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Schizoglossum

Characteristics

Perennial, geophytic herb, 150-750 mm high; stems erect. Leaves with blade filiform, 1-20 mm wide, glabrous. Flowers: pedicels > 20 mm long; corolla lobes flat, spreading, with recurved margins or replicate, 2-4 mm long, glabrous outside, minutely puberulous inside, greenish; corona with needle-like projection extended over style head, lobes 15 mm long, thick and fleshy. Flowering time Oct.-Mar., June, Aug. Fruit a follicle, without bristles.
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A tall erect herb. It grows 30-75 cm tall. It keeps growing each year from a woody rootstock. The stems are smooth and unbranched. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are long and narrow and without leaf stalks. The flowers are in groups of many flowers with equal length stalks. The flowers are greenish and 3-5 mm long. The fruit is a follicle and they occur in pairs. They are narrow and taper to a long slender beak.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.75
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in grasslands.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The roots are eaten raw.
Uses -
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Schizoglossum linifolium world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101179-1
WFO ID wfo-0001102912
COL ID 4VB38
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Schizoglossum linifolium

Lower taxons

Schizoglossum linifolium var. linifolium Schizoglossum linifolium var. centrirostratum