Calluna Salisb.
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Salisb.
Salisb.
1802
317
ICN
Calluna Salisb.
genus
Calluna
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Calluna Salisb.
Small evergreen shrub. Lvs opposite, sessile, scale-like, 4-ranked. Fls in bracteate, terminal spikes or sometimes panicles, 4-merous. Calyx of free petaloid sepals, > corolla, persistent. Corolla deeply lobed, campanulate, persistent, scarious. Stamens 8, included; anthers acuminate, with 2 reflexed dorsal appendages, opening by elongated slits. Fr. a septifragal capsule, invested in the persistent perianth. Seeds few.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
95581d79-5196-4160-9bf6-76c77fba79c9
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 September 2008