Characteristics
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. It has tuberous roots. The leaves have 3-6 pairs of lobes.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.5
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. It forms colonies in sandy soils. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The tubers are cooked in the ashes.
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
15 - 21
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
21 - 26
|
| Germination luminosity |
light
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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