Veronicastrum axillare (Siebold & Zucc.) T.Yamaz.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronicastrum

Characteristics

Rhizomes short, horizontal. Stems arching and rooting apically, basally terete, angular in middle and apically, glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy on angles. Leaves alternate; petiole short; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-12 cm, papery, glabrous, margin obliquely deltoid dentate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, rarely terminal, 1-3 cm. Bracts and calyx lobes linear-lanceolate to subulate, glabrous or ciliate. Corolla purple to purple-red, 4-5 mm, straight; limb actinomorphic; lobes ca. 2 mm, narrowly triangular. Stamens slightly to conspicuously exserted, exceeding corolla by ca. 2 mm; filaments hairy; anthers 0.6-1.5 mm. Capsule ovoid-globose, ca. 3 mm. Seeds oblong, ca. 0.6 mm; seed coat obscurely reticulate. Fl. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Hillsides and gully edges. Forests, grasslands at forest margins, shaded places in valleys at low elevations. Edges of evergreen forests in lowland areas.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ascites (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Parotitis (unspecified), Regeneration (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Detoxicant (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Arthralgia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Veronicastrum axillare world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812852-1
WFO ID wfo-0000425086
COL ID 5B7KN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Veronicastrum axillare Paederota axillaris Botryopleuron axillare Botryopleuron formosanum Calorhabdos axillaris Calorhabdos simadai Veronicastrum simadai Veronicastrum axillare var. simadai