Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSilybum marianum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | |||
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 35 | 18 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, light | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 600 | 300 | 700 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | - | - | - | - | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | 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. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 110 | 140 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | entire plant |