Tetradymia spinosa Hook. & Arn.

Shortspine horsebrush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Tetradymia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 0.9-1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Usually sandy soils of alkali sinks, shadscale scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands; at elevations from 800-2,400 metres.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Tetradymia spinosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Tetradymia spinosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:255350-1
WFO ID wfo-0000028566
COL ID 55M3M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tetradymia spinosa Lagothamnus microphyllus Lagothamnus ambiguus Tetradymia spinosa var. spinosa