WorldFloraDB - Spigelia marilandica

Characteristics

Perennial, 3–7 dm; lvs sessile, lanceolate to lance-ovate or narrowly deltoid, 5–11 cm, acute to slenderly acuminate, the base obtuse to rounded or truncate; cyme usually solitary, racemiform, peduncled, few-fld, elongating during anthesis; sep linear-attenuate; cor erect, 3–6 cm, scarlet outside, yellow inside; fr 5–8 mm; 2n=48. Moist woods and thickets; N.C. to s. Ind., s. Mo., and Okla., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June. Contains a poisonous alkaloid.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.25
Mature height (meter)	0.5
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

Rich dry soils on the edges of woods.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal poison
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Anthelmintic (root), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Narcotic (unspecified), Soporific (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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