young shoot icon Home All plants About

Veronicastrum sibiricum (L.) Pennell

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Veronicastrum

Characteristics

Rhizomes horizontal, to 13 cm, internodes short. Stems erect, simple, terete, glabrous or sparsely villous and with multicellular hairs. Leaves in whorls of 4-6, sessile, oblong to broadly linear, 8-15 X 1.5-4.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute and with multicellular hairs. Inflorescences terminal; bracts long caudate, glabrous. Calyx less than 1/2 as long as corolla; lobes subulate. Corolla red-purple, purple, or pale purple, 5-7 mm; tube tubular, straight, apically hairy inside; limb actinomorphic; lobes 1.5-2 mm. Capsule ovoid, ca. 3.5 mm. Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. Jul-Sep.
More
A herb. It has rhizomes or underground stems. It grows 13 cm tall. The stems are erect and simple. The leaves are in rings or 4-6. They are oblong and 8-15 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowers are at the top of the plant. They are red or purple. They are tube shaped. The fruit is an oval capsule 3.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 0.8
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

Grassy areas in mountains and lowlands. Trailsides, grassy slopes and thickets; at elevations below 2,500 metres.
More
It is a temperate plant. In north China it grows on grassy slopes and in thickets below 2,500 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The young stems and leaves are eaten raw. They are also roasted in oil or use in soups. The flower spikes are eaten as a potherb.
Uses medicinal oil potherb
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Anodyne (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 -

Images

Veronicastrum sibiricum unspecified picture

Distribution

Veronicastrum sibiricum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812873-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136645
COL ID 7FPNT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Veronicastrum sibiricum f. humile Veronicastrum sibiricum f. glabratum Callistachya sibirica Leptandra japonica Veronicastrum japonicum Veronicastrum sibiricum Leptandra sibirica Veronica sibirica Pseudolysimachion sachalinense Veronica sachalinensis Veronica yamazakii Veronicastrum sibiricum f. candidum Veronicastrum japonicum f. album Veronicastrum japonicum f. albiflorum Veronica japonica Eustachya sibirica Eustachya japonica Paederota sibirica Veronica sibirica var. glabra Veronicastrum sibiricum var. glabra Veronica pseudolongifolia subsp. sachalinensis Veronica longifolia subsp. sachalinensis Veronica sibirica var. humilis Veronicastrum virginicum var. sibiricum Veronicastrum japonicum var. australe Veronicastrum japonicum var. humile

Lower taxons

Veronicastrum sibiricum subsp. yezoense
WorldFloraDB 2024