Difference between revisions of "Triodanis perfoliata"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | General: Erect annual herbs, the stems erect, usually simple, 1-6 dm. tall, the surface rough. | ||
| + | Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, cordate-clasping, rotund-ovate, palmately veined, the leaves 0.5-3 cm. long and wide, or the lowermost ones narrower, more obovate, and short-petiolate. | ||
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| + | Flowers: Flowers sessile in the axils of the middle and upper leaves, 1-several in each axil, in a leafy, spike-like arrangement; calyx lobes 5, divided to the base, narrowly triangular and pointed, 5-8 mm. long; corolla united, regular, the 5 lobes longer than the tube, 8-13 mm, long, deep purple to pale lavender; stamens 5, free from the corolla and from each other; the lower flowers do not open and the calyx of these is smaller and 3- or 4-lobed; ovary inferior. | ||
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| + | Fruit: Capsules oblong, 2- or 3-celled, about 1 cm. long in the open flowers, half that size in the others. | ||
==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 23 April 2012
First overview block: Scientific Name, Synonyms, Family, English Names, Other Names
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- (unranked): Angiosperms
- (unranked): Eudicots
- (unranked): Asterids
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Campanulaceae
- Genus: Triodanis
- Species: T. perfoliata
Description
General: Erect annual herbs, the stems erect, usually simple, 1-6 dm. tall, the surface rough.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, cordate-clasping, rotund-ovate, palmately veined, the leaves 0.5-3 cm. long and wide, or the lowermost ones narrower, more obovate, and short-petiolate.
Flowers: Flowers sessile in the axils of the middle and upper leaves, 1-several in each axil, in a leafy, spike-like arrangement; calyx lobes 5, divided to the base, narrowly triangular and pointed, 5-8 mm. long; corolla united, regular, the 5 lobes longer than the tube, 8-13 mm, long, deep purple to pale lavender; stamens 5, free from the corolla and from each other; the lower flowers do not open and the calyx of these is smaller and 3- or 4-lobed; ovary inferior.
Fruit: Capsules oblong, 2- or 3-celled, about 1 cm. long in the open flowers, half that size in the others.
