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Corrigiola
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
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FNA
Resources
John W. Thieret, Richard K. Rabeler in Flora of North America (vol. 5)
Herbs,
annual or biennial [perennial].
Taproots
slender.
Stems
decumbent to ascending, branched, terete.
Leaves
alternate or rarely subopposite, sometimes forming basal rosette, not connate, petiolate or sessile; stipules 2 per node, white, ovate, margins mostly entire, apex acuminate; petiole minute (subopposite leaves); blade 1-veined, narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate, not succulent, apex obtuse.
Inflorescences
terminal or axillary, dense cymes; bracts paired, smaller, scarious.
Pedicels
erect.
Flowers:
perianth and androecium slightly perigynous; hypanthium cup-shaped, not abruptly expanded distally; sepals 5, distinct, green or reddish brown, 1-1.5 mm, herbaceous, margins white-scarious, apex blunt, not hooded, not awned; nectaries not apparent; stamens 5; filaments distinct; staminodes 5, arising from hypanthium rim, ovate to oblong; styles 3, distinct, capitate, 0.1-0.2 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 3, capitate, obscurely papillate (at 50×).
Utricles
at least partly enclosed by persistent calyx/hypanthium, obscurely 3-gonous, indehiscent.
Seeds
white with tan band, reniform or subglobose, not compressed, finely papillose, marginal wing absent, appendage absent; embryo peripheral, curved.
x
= 8, 9.
Corrigiola litoralis
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