Key to Mollugo
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(For a list of species in Mollugo, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Stem erect Upright; vertically oriented.
;
leaf Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
blade Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
to spoon-shaped, 1–5 mm wide,
glaucous;
inflorescence peduncled;
pedicels Stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit.
3–11 mm;
stamens 5;
seeds 0.3–0.4 mm, finely net-sculptured
..... M. cerviana 1' Stem
prostrate Lying flat on the ground.
to
ascending Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.
; leaf blade linear or
elliptic In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear
to wide-obovate, 0.5–15 mm wide, not glaucous; inflorescence ±
sessile Without a petiole, peduncle, pedicel, or other kind of stalk.
; pedicels 3–30 mm; stamens 3[4]; seeds 0.5–0.6 mm, ridged or smooth
..... M. verticillata
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