Podostigma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Podostigma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Podostigma (Greek words referring to the fact that the stigma has a foot or stalk). Asdcpiadacese. This includes a half-hardy tuberous-rooted perennial herb which grows a foot high or less in low pine-barrens from N. C. to Fla. and bears in summer small greenish yellow fls. The genus is closely allied to Asclepias, and is distinguished by having the hoods remote from the anthers at the base of the long column, while in Asclepias the hoods are approximate to the anthers. P. pedicellate, Vail. Lvs. opposite, linear-lanceolate, nearly sessile: peduncles terminal and axillary, umbellately several-fld. The only species.—Advertised in 1881, but presumably not hardy N. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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