Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAsclepias incarnata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, organic | heavy, medium, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 350 | 800 | 250 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 32 | 30 | 58 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -35 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | bulbs | |
| food & beverage | flowers | |
| food & beverage | leaves | |
| poison | mammals | entire plant |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | roots |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | roots |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |