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Aphanisma
Family:
Amaranthaceae
FNA
Resources
Leila M. Shultz in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Herbs,
annual, glabrous.
Stems
prostrate, decumbent, ascending and stout or slender and flexuous, simple or sparsely branched, not jointed or armed, succulent.
Leaves
alternate, sessile or petiolate; blade not fleshy, margins entire; proximal spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong, apex obtuse or acute; distal ovate-oblong to cordate-oblong, base clasping.
Inflorescences
axillary, sessile, 1-5-flowered.
Flowers
bisexual; perianth 3(-5)-lobed, herbaceous; stigmas 3; stamen 1.
Fruiting structures:
utricle globose, exceeding perianth at maturity; pericarp free from seed, green, membranous, dehiscence circumscissile.
Seeds
horizontal, lenticular; seed coat black, rugose-punctate; embryo incompletely annular, perisperm copious. [No chromosome count available.]
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Aphanisma blitoides
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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