Habit: Perennial herb, glabrous, rhizomed.
Stem: decumbent to erect, +- ribbed.
Leaf: opposite, sessile to clasping, linear to ovate, fleshy.
Inflorescence: axillary, flowers 1--3; bractlets 1 or 2 per flower.
Flower: calyx 5(7)-parted, enclosing fruit, papery, lobes erect, overlapping, ovate, back ribbed, persistent in fruit; stamens 5, included; style slender, = ovary, stigmas 2.
Fruit: indehiscent, +- 2 mm.
Seed: vertical, lenticular, black or brown.
Chromosomes: x=9.
Species In Genus: +- 5 species: western United States, Central America, South America.
Etymology: (Greek: soda loving)
Note: In Chenopodiaceae in TJM (1993).
Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax, Dieter H. Wilken & Noel H. Holmgren
Reference: [Müller & Borsch 2005 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 92:66--102]
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)Key to Nitrophila
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