Grows in the pine-oak forest zone. A garden escape in the USA where it grows along the sides of roads.
It is a tropical plant.
Life form | annual |
Growth form | herb |
Growth support | free-standing |
Foliage retention | deciduous |
Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
Pollination | entomogamy |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | - |
Mature height (meter) | 0.8 |
Root system | fibrous-root |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | - |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | - |
Photosynthetic pathway | - |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | dye environmental use medicinal ornamental tea |
Edible | flowers |
Therapeutic use | Antioxidants (flower), Burns (flower), Diuretics (flower), Earache (flower), Eye diseases (flower), Fractures, bone (flower), Skin diseases, infectious (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Bites and stings (leaf), Eczema (leaf), Tonsillitis (leaf), Tuberculosis (leaf), Wasp sting (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Diuretics (root), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cataplasm (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anthelmintics (whole plant), Mosquito control (whole plant) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | 7 - 14 |
Germination temperacture (C°) | 23 |
Germination luminosity | light |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252177-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000094769 |
COL ID | 54JT5 |
BDTFX ID | 103528 |
INPN ID | 717878 |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |