Difference between revisions of "Heimia"
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Latest revision as of 10:32, 9 May 2022
Shrubs or subshrubs, terrestrial, 5–30 dm, glabrous throughout. Stems erect, sparsely branched. Leaves opposite to subopposite; sessile or subsessile [petiolate]; blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, base narrowly attenuate. Inflorescences indeterminate, axillary, leafy racemes. Flowers sessile or subsessile, actinomorphic, monostylous; floral tube perigynous, campanulate to turbinate; epicalyx segments equal to or longer than sepals; sepals (5 or)6, 1/3–1/2 floral tube length; petals caducous, (5 or)6, bright yellow; nectary absent; stamens (10 or)12(–24); ovary (3 or)4(–6)-locular; placenta globose; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruits capsules, walls thin and dry, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 200+, subpyramidal and elongate; cotyledons ± complanate.
Distribution
Texas, Mexico, South America, introduced in West Indies, Central America.
Discussion
Species 1–3 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.