Valerianella Mill.
Details
Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Valerianella Mill.
genus
Valerianella
Classification
Descriptions
Valerianella Mill.
Annual herbs. Lvs simple and entire to sinuate or dentate. Cymes numerous, small and conspicuously bracteate, or rarely fls solitary. Fls small and inconspicuous, often overtopped by subtending bracts. Calyx variously developed, usually conspicuous or reduced to a ring of inconspicuous teeth, sometimes 0, forming a pappus or not at fruiting. Corolla ± actinomorphic; tube lacking a basal spur, but sometimes slightly gibbous. Stamens 3. Fr. flattened to 3-4-angled or rounded in cross-section, glabrous, hairy or echinate.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
039549ce-026c-46a4-b664-16d4204aff70
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 February 2014