Common name
English: Balloon Cottonbush, Swan Plant
German: Strauchige Seidenpflanze, Strauchiger Gomphocarpus
Mandarin: 钉头果 (ding tou guo)
Portuguese: Pepino Da Seda
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Gentianales (113)
Family: Asclepiadaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Gomphocarpus (1)
Epithet: fruticosus (L.) Ait. (1)
Synonym: Apocynum salicifolium Medik.
fruticosus => shrubby, bushy
salicifolium => having leaves like Salix (Willow)
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Gomphocarpus fruticosus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1309] Gomphocarpus fruticosus - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.