Diagnostic ³

"Erect pubescent herbs. Leaves 2-4 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acute, membranous, sessile; stipule pectinate. Flowers white, verticillate in axillary fascicles, 4-merous. Bracteoles filiform. Calyx-tube small, unequally 4-lobed, larger 2 lobes c. 1 mm long. Corolla c. 1.5 mm long, funnel-shaped; lobes 4. Stamens 4, attached at throat. Ovary 2-locular, ovule 1-per locule. Capsule c. 1 mm long, ovoid, dehiscence circumcissile. Seeds 2, minute."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Barry Hammel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/68114448@N06/13500805005/
2. (c) Scamperdale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/36517976@N06/3720527781/
3. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26336122

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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