Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSamolus valerandi
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | deciduous |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | vegetables, ornamentals/turf |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 24 | 12 | 32 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1300 | 300 | 1500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 20 | 17 | 50 | 55 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 9 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| 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 | leaves | |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |