Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCaltha palustris
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 23 | 2 | 27 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 900 | 400 | 1100 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 7.3 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| social | smoking material | entire plant |
| poison | mammals | entire plant |