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Nitrophila
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Gregory Gust
FNA
Resources
Noel H. Holmgren in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Herbs,
perennial, suffrutescent, glabrous.
Stems
numerous from base, erect or prostrate, branched, ribbed, not jointed, not armed, not fleshy.
Leaves
opposite (rarely alternate), connate, clasping at base, sessile, succulent; blade linear or broadly ovate, margins entire, apex acute or apiculate.
Inflorescences
axillary, flowers solitary or in 2-3-flowered clusters, bibracteate.
Flowers
bisexual, with 1 or 2 bractlets ± equaling perianth length; perianth deeply 5[-7]-parted, segments strongly imbricate, chartaceous; stamens 5; stigmas 2.
Fruiting structures:
fruit a utricle; pericarp free from seed, membranous, indehiscent.
Seeds
vertical, lenticular; seed coat black, shiny; embryo annular, perisperm copious.
x
= 9.
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Nitrophila occidentalis
Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (
DBI 9983132
,
BRC 0237418
,
DBI 0743827
,
DBI 0847966
)
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