Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDigitalis purpurea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | biennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 11 | 17 | 3 | 24 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1100 | 450 | 1300 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 40 | 37 | 55 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | 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 | 150 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| poison | mammals | entire plant |