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Cypselea
Family:
Aizoaceae
Images
not available
FNA
Resources
Wayne R. Ferren Jr. in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Herbs,
annual, mat-forming, glabrous.
Roots
fibrous.
Stems
prostrate.
Leaves
cauline, opposite, those of each pair unequal; stipules sheathing stem, attached to proximal petiole margins, scarious, fringed; blade flat, elliptical to obovate, smooth, tapered to base, margins entire.
Inflorescences
axillary, flowers solitary; bracts foliaceous; bracteoles scarious, fringed.
Flowers
inconspicuous, 2-3 mm diam.; calyx campanulate; calyx lobes 4-5, unequal; petals and petaloid staminodia absent; stamens (1-)3, alternating with calyx lobes; pistil usually 2-carpellate; ovary superior, 1-loculed, ovoid to globose; placentation free-central; styles and stigmas usually 2.
Fruits
capsules, dehiscence circumscissile.
Seeds
ca. 150; arils persistent on placentas, slender.