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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, generally fleshy
Stem underground or prostrate to erect
Leaves generally simple, generally cauline, generally opposite; stipule generally 0; blade generally glabrous, often glaucous
Inflorescence: cyme or flower solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium present; sepals 3–8; petals generally many in several whorls, free or fused at base, linear, sometimes 0; stamens 1–many, free or fused in groups, outer often petal-like; nectary a ring or separate glands; pistil 1, ovary superior to inferior, chambers 1–20, placentas generally parietal, styles 0–20, stigmas 1–20
Fruit: generally capsule, opening by flaps or circumscissile, or berry or nut
Seeds 1–many per chamber, often with aril
Genera in family: 130 genera, 2500 species: generally subtropical, especially s Africa; many cultivated, some waifs in CA (e.g., Disphyma crassifolium (L.) L. Bolus: ovary glands convex and minutely crenate, stigmas densely plumose, fruit chambers 5, seeds ovate, ± smooth; Lampranthus species: ovary glands fused, fruit chambers 5, seeds pear-shaped, ± black, rough; both genera members of Ruschieae)
Reference: [Ferren et al. 1981 Madroño 28:80–85]
Glinus, Mollugo are in Molluginaceae.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub, glabrous, generally papillate
Stem prostrate to erect, forming mats < 2 m diam; nodes sometimes rooting
Leaves generally < 6 cm; stipule 0; petiole base generally wide with scarious margins; blade linear to ovate, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, cluster or flower solitary; bracts 0 or 2
Flower: hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 5, generally hooded near tip, reddish within; petals 0; stamens 1–many, often fused at base; ovary half-superior, chambers 2–5, placentas axile, styles 2–5, papillate
Fruit: capsule, circumscissile, ovoid to conic, thin-walled
Seeds many, ± reniform, generally smooth, shiny, black or brown; aril present
Species in genus: 8 species: generally tropical, subtropical coasts, deserts.
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Perennial, branched from base, minutely papillate
Stems many, < 9 dm; nodes not rooting
Leaf 0.5–4 cm, linear to widely spoon-shaped; base clasping stem
Inflorescence: flower solitary, axillary, sessile or peduncle short
Flower: calyx lobes 4–10 mm, margins scarious, hooded or beaked, outer surface papillate; stamens many, filaments fused to midlength, reddish
Fruit 4–5 mm
Seed 0.8–1 mm, smooth
Ecology: Uncommon. Moist or seasonally dry flats, margins of generally saline wetlands
Elevation: < 1400 m.
Bioregional distribution: Great Central Valley, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, Western Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, East of Sierra Nevada, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Oregon, Kansas, S.America
Flowering time: Apr–Nov