Floerkea

Willdenow

Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 448. 1801.

Etymology: For Heinrich Gustav Floerke, 1764–1835, German lichenologist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 173. Mentioned on page 172.

Stems decumbent to erect. Leaves ternate or pinnately lobed; leaflet blade oblanceolate to elliptic, sometimes 2–3-parted, margins entire. Pedicels spreading or nodding. Flowers: sepals 3, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; petals 3, shorter than sepals; nectary glands antisepalous; stamens 3 or 6; ovary 3-lobed. Fruits mericarps, ovoid-globose, tuberculate or rugulose (especially distally). x = 5.

Distribution

North America.

Discussion

Species 1.