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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, trees
Stem angled or cylindric
Leaves simple, entire, generally opposite, sometimes alternate or whorled
Inflorescence: raceme, spike, or panicle, terminal, or axillary clusters with 1–several flowers
Flower bisexual, generally radial; hypanthium cylindric to bell-shaped, generally membranous, persistent in fruit; sepals 4–6, generally persistent, appendages 3–5 or 0, alternate sepals; petals, stamens inserted on inner hypanthium; petals 4–6 or 0, alternate sepals, deciduous; stamens generally = or 2 X petals, included or exserted; ovary superior, chambers 2–6, style generally slender, stigma head-like
Fruit: capsule, opening by valves from top, splitting sometimes irregular or 0
Seeds 3–many
Genera in family: ± 25 genera, 450 species: temp, tropical, generally in wet habitats. Some ornamental or cultivated for medicine, dyes
Reference: [Graham 1964 J Arnold Arbor 45:235–250]
Annual, perennial herb
Stem prostrate to erect, sometimes 4-angled
Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, linear to ovate, sessile or short-petioled
Inflorescence: raceme- or spike-like; flowers generally 1–2 per axil; bracts 2 per node
Flower radial to slightly bilateral, sometimes of 2–3 forms (heterostyly); hypanthium cylindric to bell-shaped; sepals 4–6, appendages < to > sepals; petals 4–6 or 0; stamens 4–6 or 12, included or exserted; styles < to > stamens
Fruit generally cylindric, generally dehiscent by 2 valves
Seeds many, < 1 mm
Species in genus: ± 35 species: temp
Etymology: (Greek: blood, from flower color)
Reference: [Stuckey 1980 Bartonia 47:3–20]
| Introduced |
Annual, prostrate, not heterostylous
Stem prostrate to decumbent, 5–25 cm, branching at base, rooting at nodes, reddish, glabrous
Leaves opposite, 5–10 mm, oblong to obovate, fleshy
Inflorescence: flower 1 per axil, sessile; bracts narrowly lanceolate
Flower: hypanthium 1–2 mm, broadly bell-shaped; sepals deltate, ± = appendages; appendages linear; petals ± 1 mm, sometimes 0, white to rose-pink; stamens generally 6
Fruit ± spheric, > hypanthium
Chromosomes: 2n=10
Ecology: Drying ponds, lake margins
Elevation: 1000–2200 m.
Bioregional distribution: n High Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: native to Europe
Synonyms: Peplis portula L