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Zenobia pulverulenta (w.Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard

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Species

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Characteristics

Plants 1-2 m, rhizomes extensive. Leaves: petiole 3-6 mm; blade 2-8(-10) × (0.5-)1.2-4.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute, apiculate, rounded, or retuse. Pedicels: bracteoles absent. Flowers fragrant; sepal lobes triangular; corolla 6.5-10 mm; nectariferous disc 10-lobed; ovary 5-lobed. Capsules erect, 3.2-5 × 4.8-6.5 mm. Seeds ca. 1 × 0.5 mm, not winged. 2n = ca. 66.
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Shrub 1–2 m; lvs mostly broadly oval or elliptic, rounded to occasionally acute at both ends, dull green above, usually glaucous beneath; infls 1–4 dm, pedicels 1–3 cm; fls fragrant; cor 9–10 mm; fr 6–7 mm thick. Wet woods on the coastal plain; se. Va. to S.C. May. (Z. cassinefolia)
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 3-7
Soil humidity 7-8
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 3-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Zenobia pulverulenta world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270903-2
WFO ID wfo-0001047643
COL ID 7GDNL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Zenobia pulverulenta Zenobia pulverulenta f. pulverulenta Andromeda pulverulenta
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