Species · genus Stephania · Menispermaceae

Stephania erecta

Stephania erecta Craib

Reference · S. erecta

Cultivars of S. erecta

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. erecta yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Stephania erecta grows from a round, water-storing caudex, a tuber that carries the plant through dry spells and rots quickly if kept wet. Water sparingly only once the soil has dried out completely, letting the gritty, fast-draining mix approach bone-dry between drinks, and ease off further during dormancy when the vine dies back. Give it a bright spot out of direct midday sun.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified
Light
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water
ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)

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