WorldFloraDB - Sibthorpia europaea

Characteristics

Leaves petiolate, 5–15 mm. in diam., subcircular, crenate-dentate, finely to densely pilose above and below; petioles 5–30 mm. long, slender, pubescent.

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Calyx 1.5–2 mm. long, shortly 4–5-lobed, 4–5-nerved, pubescent, lobes short, obtuse to subacute.

Prostrate, creeping herb rooting at nodes, somewhat pilose; stems slender up to 20 cm. long.

Corolla up to 2 mm. long, usually 5-lobed, yellow to purple, lobes short, obtuse.

Capsule to about 1.5 mm. long, obovate, somewhat emarginate, pilose at apex.

Flowers solitary, pedicels 2–5 mm. long.

Stamens usually four, included.

A prostrate herb

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.06 - 0.18

Root system

creeping-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

In moist montane habitats.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-35
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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