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Lepyrodiclis
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
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not available
FNA
Resources
Richard K. Rabeler in Flora of North America (vol. 5)
Herbs,
annual.
Taproots
slender.
Stems
ascending to decumbent or sprawling, simple or branched, terete or angled.
Leaves
connate proximally, sessile; blade 1-veined, lanceolate or rarely elliptic, not succulent, apex acute.
Inflorescences
axillary and terminal, compound cymes; bracts paired, foliaceous, smaller.
Pedicels
reflexed in fruit.
Flowers:
perianth and androecium weakly perigynous; hypanthium minimal; sepals 5, distinct, green, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 4-5 mm, herbaceous, margins white, scarious, apex somewhat acute, not hooded; petals 5, white or pink, not clawed, blade apex entire or emarginate; nectaries at base of filaments opposite sepals; stamens 10, arising from nectariferous disc at ovary base; filaments distinct nearly to base; staminodes absent; styles 2, clavate, 3.5-4 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 2, subterminal, minutely roughened to papillate (50×).
Capsules
globose-ovoid, opening by 2 straight valves; carpophore absent.
Seeds
1-2(-4), dark brown, reniform, laterally compressed, tuberculate, marginal wing absent, appendage absent.
x
= 17.
Lepyrodiclis holosteoides
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