Podostigma
(from pous, podos, a foot, and stigma; alluding to the stalked stigma). ORD. Asclepiadeae. A monotypic genus, the species being a half-hardy, glabrous or scarcely pubescent, erect herb. For culture, see Asclepias. P. pubescens (pubescent). fl. orange-coloured, in four to six-flowered umbels, on lateral peduncles; corolla as long as the pedicel, longer than the peduncle, the oblong lobes wavy on the margins. July. l. erect, 1in. to 2in. long. Stem 6in. to 12in. high. Root tuberous. Southern United States, 1824. SYN. Stylandra pumila.