Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.27.07
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Names: Asclepias physocarpa.
English: Balloonplant; Balloon cotton-bush; Swan plant.
Use: ornamental.
Botany: undershrub; roadside; moderate moisture, sandy and well-drained soil; full sun; flowers small, with white hoods; fruit a capsule, pale green, an inflated sphere, with rough hairs; leaves light green, linear to lanceolate; seeds have silky tufts.
Culture: Old man river; Lazy Sunday afternoon.
Source: Kenton provings.