Diagnostic ²

"Decumbent herbs; stems hispid. Leaves opposite, 4 x 1 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose. Spikes 2 x 1 cm, oblong, supported by 2 basal bracts. Flowers many, densely packed; sepals 5, outer ones lanceolate, 7 mm long, strongly aristate, white-cottony hairy, inner smaller; stamens 5, filaments combined into a tube; ovary obovoid; style forked above. Achenes membranous, circumscissile; seed one, 2 x 2 mm, muriculate, brown. Sterile flowers with hooked, bristle like tepals."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Bill Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503096783@N01/4001896486
2. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26333738

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Plants of the World Online
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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