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Krascheninnikovia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Max Licher
FNA
Resources
Noel H. Holmgren in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Subshrubs,
monoecious or dioecious, herbage densely tomentose, hairs stellate.
Stems
erect, not jointed or armed; basal branches woody, flowering branches herbaceous.
Leaves
alternate, petiolate; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, not fleshy, base truncate, margins entire, revolute, apex blunt.
Inflorescences
axillary clusters or small spikes.
Flowers
unisexual; staminate flowers with bractlets absent, perianth 4-parted, stamens 4; pistillate flowers enclosed in 2 partially connate, slightly keeled, densely hirsute bractlets with free tips hornlike, perianth absent, stigmas 2, elongate.
Fruiting structures
ovate, flat utricles; pericarp free, thin
. Seeds
vertical, ovate; seed coat brown, covered with white hairs; embryo annular, perisperm copious.
x
= 9.
Species within checklist:
Homolovi State Park
Krascheninnikovia lanata
This project made possible by
National Science Foundation Award 1410069
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