Allionia choisyi Standl.

Annual windmills (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Allionia

Characteristics

Herbs, annual [probably also perennial], glabrate to viscid pubescent. Stems often reddish, 0.1-0.7[-2] m. Leaves progressively reduced distally; distal leaves proportionately narrower than proximal; larger leaves: petiole 2-18[-30] mm, equaling or shorter than blade; blade usually undulate, sometimes flat, 10-30 × 6-22 mm, base often oblique, obtuse, or round, margins sinuate, sometimes entire, apex narrowing to rounded tip, obtuse, or acute. Inflorescences: peduncle 1-9(-12) mm; involucres broadly ovoid to spheric when mature, 4-7.5 mm. Perianth pale pink to magenta [nearly white], 2-7 mm. Fruits shallowly convex, 3.2-4.3 × 1.8-3.7 mm; lateral ribs with 4-8 teeth, teeth slender and attenuate, sometimes gland tipped [rarely mostly entire with short-toothed margin], concave side of fruit with 5-7 glands per row; stalk equaling or longer than diameter of glandular head.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.7
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Allionia choisyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Allionia choisyi world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297530-2
WFO ID wfo-0000526128
COL ID BTRY
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Allionia choisyi Allionia glabra Wedeliella glabra Wedelia glabra Allionia incarnata var. glabra Allionia incarnata f. glutinosissima Allionia incarnata f. multiserrata