Vernonia colorata Drake

Lowveld bitter-tea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Vernonia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite plant. It grows 5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses food invertebrate food material medicinal social use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified)
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

Vernonia colorata unspecified picture

Conservation status

Vernonia colorata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:258123-1
WFO ID wfo-0000035247
COL ID 5B4Q6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706916
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eupatorium coloratum Vernonia colorata Gymnanthemum coloratum Vernonia senegalensis var. acuminata

Lower taxons

Vernonia colorata subsp. colorata Vernonia colorata subsp. grandis Vernonia colorata subsp. oxyura