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Lilaea
Family:
Juncaginaceae
FNA
Resources
Frederick H. Utech in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Herbs, annual. Roots without terminal tubers. Rhizomes slender, short. Leaves erect, terete, with aerenchyma tissue; sheath with ligule free. Inflorescences both scapose and sessile; spikelike racemes or solitary flowers; scapes shorter than leaves, terminated by spikes; spikes racemes with pistillate flowers near base, bisexual medially, staminate proximally; sessile inflorescences 2 or more, with solitary flowers pistillate flower only, 2 or more, sessile. Flowers bisexual and unisexual, to 5 types, sessile; tepals 0--1, green, linear; stamens 0--1; anthers sessile; pistils 1; ovules 1. Bisexual and staminate flowers: tepal present. Pistillate flowers: tepal present, style 0.5--2 mm or tepal absent, style 0.2--30 cm. Fruits nutlets, angular, beaked.
Species within checklist:
BLM Redding Possible Species List
Lilaea scilloides
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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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