Iresine rhizomatosa

Standley

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 28: 172. 1915.

Common names: Juda’s bush
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 456. Mentioned on page 454, 455.
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Herbs, perennial, 3–10 dm, stoloniferous. Stems erect, largely simple proximal to inflorescences, villous or glabrous. Leaves opposite; blade ovate to elliptic, 6–15 × 2–7 cm, apex acute to long acuminate, sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences: panicles 7–30 cm; bracts and bracteoles of staminate and pistillate flowers shorter than tepals. Flowers: tepals white, ovate, 1–1.3 mm, hyaline, apex acute to acuminate, densely lanate. Utricles exerted from tepals, greenish white, ovoid, 1.1–1.5 mm, apex rounded. Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Sandy alluvial soils of low woods, depressions, sand dunes, along rivers, sandy bluffs
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Iresine rhizomatosa has occasionally been called I. celsioides Linnaeus, a misapplication of that name.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
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Sandy alluvial soils of low woods, depressions, sand dunes, along rivers, sandy bluffs +
Flowering fall. +
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Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Iresine rhizomatosa +
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