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Annual to subshrubs, fleshy
Leaves generally simple, generally basal and cauline, alternate or opposite, generally reduced upward
Inflorescence: generally cyme, generally bracted
Flower: sepals generally 35, generally ± free; petals generally 35, ± free or fused; stamens = to >> sepals, free or epipetalous; pistils generally 35, simple (sometimes fused at base), ovary 1-chambered, placenta 1, parietal, ovules 1many, style 1
Fruit: follicles generally 35
Seeds 1many, small
Genera in family: ± 30 genera, ± 1500 species: ± worldwide, especially dry temp; many cultivated for ornamental. Family description and generic key by Melinda F. Denton and Reid Moran.
Perennial, shrub
Leaves crowded at branch tips, alternate, generally obovate to oblanceolate, generally ciliate
Inflorescence: cyme, terminal; branches many, 1-sided
Flower: sepals 616, ± free; petals ± free, > sepals; stamens 2 X sepal number
Seeds many, small, striate, brown
Species in genus: 31 species: Africa, Yemen, Madeira, Cape Verde, and especially Canary islands
Etymology: (Latin: name given to A. arboreum by Dioscorides, Greek botanist)
Reference: [Liu 1989 Natl Mus Nat Sci Taiwan Spec Publ 3]
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Subshrub 1(2) m, ± open; adventitious prop roots 0
Stem 1040 mm diam, fleshy, ± smooth; branches few, above
Leaves 5075, 59(15) cm, 1.53 mm thick, oblong-oblanceolate, green or dark purple
Inflorescence: pedicel puberulent
Flower ± 2 cm wide, open; petals 911, yellow
Chromosomes: 2n=36,72
Ecology: Bluffs, dunes
Elevation: < 100 m.
Bioregional distribution: South Coast
Distribution outside California: native to Canary Islands