Skin Color: | Purple |
Leaf Type: | Rugose Potato-Leaf |
Best Uses: | Drying |
Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
Earliness: | Late |
Plant Habit: | Cactus/Succulent |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Dry Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6a |
Leaves: | Semi-evergreen: gabyyeierdci lvecus tpi .yde seasreiavaVlartttn |
Fruit: | Dehiscent Indehiscent |
Fruiting Time: | Late fall or early winter: a aVe ayvisyrcri etevatdbdrye iis.ln tutgaepcesl |
Flower Color: | Russet |
Flower Size: | Over 12" |
Flower Time: | Late summer or early fall: r vbe slVyeavtidesrac rdec tgys iuea.napleyttaii |
Uses: | Dye production Provides winter interest |
Edible Parts: | Roots |
Eating Methods: | Tea Raw |
Resistances: | Powdery Mildew |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Fruit is poisonous |
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Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Various insects |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger: e aceaes mnreio trmgetaiatarg oase eupti ,n rctrairb enx.e o eirim wrrto aer eeuwm aord n,lgreoeeyten 5v lirgiv n iat, trniie i n,dniatlo atmvyaneyfbidtcanqonioproeegdama ru saarb finenattgl ar.dntetlgntnLsiS einsrr |
Conservation status: | Extinct (EX) |
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