Difference between revisions of "Iresine leptoclada"
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Common names: Texas shrub
Illustrated
Basionym: Dicraurus leptocladus Bentham & Hooker f. Gen. Pl. 3: 43. 1880
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Latest revision as of 22:01, 5 November 2020
Shrubs, 2–10 dm. Stems with branches ascending, densely villous-sericeous. Leaves alternate; blade ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate oblong, 7–25 × 3–9 cm, densely villous abaxially, glabrate. Inflorescences: panicles 2–15 cm; bracts and bractlets of staminate flowers less than 1/2 as long as tepals; bracts and bracteoles of pistillate flowers nearly equaling tepals. Flowers: tepals white, elliptic to oblong, staminate flowers 2–2.5 mm, pistillate flowers 1.5–1.9 mm, apex obtuse, densely villous. Utricles included in tepals, ovoid, apex rounded. Seeds 1 mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Desert scrub
Elevation: 1100-1700 m
Distribution
Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosí).
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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