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|accepted_name=Comandra
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=1: 157. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Bastard toadflax
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Comandraceae;Comandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Comandraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Comandra]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kome, hair, and andros, male, alluding to petal hairs that attach to anthers
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 408, 411
|treatment_page=page 409
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, synoecious. <b>Rhizomes</b> somewhat woody, white to beige or blue (then drying blackish), cortex corky or papery, loose exfoliating. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole short or absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, paniclelike or corymblike thyrses; cymules 3–5-flowered; prophyllar bracteole subtending each flower persistent. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, campanulate; hypanthium adnate to ovary proximally, free distally, funnel-shaped; petals (4–)5(–7), white, yellowing with age, ovate or oblong to lanceolate, reflexed upon maturation; nectary lining hypanthium, lobes small, alternating with filaments; styles filiform; stigmas capitate. <b>Pseudodrupes</b> usually multiple, petals persistent, forming neck at apex; exocarp leathery.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;n Mexico;s Europe (Balkan peninsula);temperate regions.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p>Circumscription of species within Comandra has varied, as have opinions about whether Geocaulon is distinct. C. L. Hitchcock and A. Cronquist (1973) considered Geocaulon as a species of Comandra, whereas M. L. Fernald (1950) recognized separate genera. The treatment here follows the most comprehensive study of Comandra to date (M. A. Piehl 1965), which recognized a single variable species with four subspecies.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=piehl1965a
|text=Piehl, M. A. 1965. The natural history and taxonomy of Comandra (Santalaceae). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(1): 1–97.
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|authority=Nuttall
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|family=Comandraceae
|distribution=North America;n Mexico;s Europe (Balkan peninsula);temperate regions.
|reference=piehl1965a
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=1818
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