Scleranthus annuus L.
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Scleranthus annuus L., Sp. Pl. 406 (1753)
Scleranthus annuus L.
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L.
L.
1753
406
ICN
Scleranthus annuus L.
species
Scleranthus annuus
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Scleranthus annuus L.
Annual; stems erect or ascending, 10-25 cm tall, bearing downwardly curved hairs; internodes 2 cm or more long. Lvs paired and in short axillary fascicles, linear-subulate from broad connate scarious ciliate base, acute or minutely acicular, (5)-7-15 × 0.5-1 mm. Peduncles 0. Bracts leaflike, slightly > fls. Fls axillary, solitary or clustered, sessile or shortly pedicellate. Sepals 5, linear with very narrow scarious margins, at fruiting slightly spreading and 1-11/2× the 10-ridged perigynous zone; whole fr. 4-5 mm long. Stamens up to 10, included in calyx.
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1 January 2000
12 April 2007