EcoFlora - Iresine leptoclada

Iresine leptoclada (Hook.f.) J.Henrickson & S.Sundberg (redirected from: Dicraurus leptocladus Hook.f.)
Family: Amaranthaceae Texas-Shrub [Dicraurus leptocladus Hook.f., more]	FNA Resources Kenneth R. Robertson & Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4) Shrubs, 2-10 dm. Stems with branches ascending, densely villous-sericeous. Leaves alter-nate; blade ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate oblong, 7-25 × 3-9 cm, densely villous abaxially, glabrate. Inflo-rescences: panicles 2-15 cm; bracts and bractlets of staminate flowers less than ¹/2 as long as tepals; bracts and bracteoles of pistillate flowers nearly equaling tepals. Flowers: tepals white, elliptic to oblong, staminate flowers 2-2.5 mm, pistillate flowers 1.5-1.9 mm, apex obtuse, densely villous. Utricles included in tepals, ovoid, apex rounded. Seeds 1 mm. Flowering summer-fall. Desert scrub; 1100-1700 m; Tex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosí).
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