Habit: Annual, hairs generally forked or stellate.
Stem: prostrate to ascending, branched from base.
Leaf: whorled [alternate], entire [toothed]; blade base tapered, tip broadly rounded to acute; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: axillary, flowers 3--15, pedicel 0--3 mm.
Flower: flask- or bell-shaped; sepals 5, fused basally, margins wide-scarious; petals 0 [5--20]; stamens 3--20, free or fused in groups, outer sterile; style 0 or short, stigmas 3--5.
Fruit: 3--5-valved, included in calyx, ellipsoid.
Seed: many, minute, smooth or tubercled; aril coiled around seed.
Species In Genus: 6 species: tropics, subtropics.
Etymology: (Greek: sweet juice)
Jepson eFlora Author: Michael A. Vincent & Wayne R. Ferren, Jr.
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)Key to Glinus
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