familyLinaceae
genusRadiola

Radiola

Hill

Brit. Herb., 227, plate 33 [upper center]. 1756.

Common names: Allseed
Introduced
Etymology: Latin radiolus, little ray, alluding to rayed capsules
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 372. Mentioned on page 371.

Herbs, annual, glabrous. Stems erect, branched throughout. Leaves persistent, opposite; stipular glands absent; blade ovate to lanceolate, margins entire. Inflorescences dichasia. Pedicels not articulated. Flowers: sepals persistent, 4, connate at base, equal in size, margins entire, not glandular; petals 4, distinct, attached at rim of filament cup, white, appendages absent; stamens 4; staminodes 0; pistil 4-carpellate, ovary 4-locular; styles 4, distinct; stigmas capitate, wider than styles. Fruits capsules, dehiscing into 4 segments, each partially divided by an incomplete septum. Seeds 8, obovoid to ellipsoid, sometimes flattened on one side. x = 9

Distribution

Introduced; Europe, sw Asia, Africa, Atlantic Islands (Macaronesia).

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa