Difference between revisions of "Lachnanthes"

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Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 47. 1816.

Common names: Red root
Etymology: Greek lachne, wool, and anthos, flower, in reference to pubescent flowers
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 48. Mentioned on page 47.
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Rhizomes reddish, roots fibrous. Stems erect; sap red. Leaves mostly basal, some cauline, reduced; blade linear-ensiform. Inflorescences: bracts conspicuous, subtending each flower. Flowers: tepals glabrous adaxially; stamens 3, longer than tepals; ovary inferior, 3-locular; ovules ca. 6 per locule, arranged around margin of peltate, stipitate, axile placenta. Capsules 3-lobed. Seeds discoid, peltate, few per locule.

Distribution

North America, West Indies.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.